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I feel a war of the hiveminds coming on.

"Never ever ever ever talk to police, they're pure evil and there cannot ever be some conceivable benefit to doing so."

'Why, oh why, didn't Uber report everything to the police?'

People who sympathize with both mentalities, what are your thoughts on distinguishing the cases here?

My position is "never talk to police without an attorney" -(although this wouldn't apply if I were reporting a crime). Uber has plenty of attorneys either way. There is no conflict.

I would imagine that Google/Apple/Facebook HR teams rarely refer reports of their employees illegal activity to the police as well.

This probably a net good.

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