At least two dozen times, the San Francisco headquarters locked down equipment in foreign offices to shield files from police raids.

Source: BusinessWeek

Date: January 16th, 2018

Link: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-11/uber-s-secret-tool-for-keeping-the-cops-in-the-dark?cmpid=socialflow-facebook-business&utm_content=business&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social

Discussion

1) Should it be okay for a U.S. company to be able to avoid local government inspections based on legally obtained search warrants?

2) In what other ways might a company legitimately use this sort of technology?