Uber Security Staffer Went Undercover At Taxi Conference
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A former Air Force investigator who now works in “Global Security” for the transit company Uber omitted his employer’s name — and scrubbed it from his LinkedIn profile — when he attended the conference of Uber’s archenemy, the taxi lobby, last month.
The security staffer, Roger Kaiser, left his Uber affiliation off the form at the Taxicab, Limousine, and Paratransit Association’s (TLPA) annual conference in San Antonio last month, TLPA spokesperson John Boit confirmed to BuzzFeed News — and the apparent undercover operation prompted a furious response from the group.
“This is just more evidence of Uber buying into its own myth that they supposedly need to conduct clandestine research against anyone — organizations or journalists — who are against them,” Mike Fogarty, the president of the TLPA, told BuzzFeed News. “They aren’t in a political campaign. They are simply a business that is not following the rules. All I can say is that I hope this gentleman from Uber, and whoever else they had in the room, learned a thing or two about how a responsible transportation company operates.”