[will3942]

I completely agree with this, I acknowledged this and realised I would probably get banned. It was more a case of letting people see how the Uber api could be used, that's why I've now replaced it with a video so people can continue to see it.

I completely agree with why they banned me, it's a huge load to throw on the server. Although I'd love to be unbanned and use it again, I would be surprised if I was.

Thanks for the advice to communicate before, definitely seems like the correct approach.

[tedivm]

Yeah, I figured you got it, and my comment was not directed at you. However, in the few minutes this post has been up there's a lot of blame going towards Uber, which is what I wanted to call out.

[will3942]

Yeah, no worries, I completely agree this is not Uber's fault at all. Their reasoning is more than valid.

[throwaway1664]

You're still publishing the tool you used to 'attack' the Uber API, might want to take that down if you're serious about not causing Uber harm.

[mcantelon]

Maybe Uber should implement the necessary rate limiting.

[tedivm]

They did. Since it was a non public API he was abusing they just rate limited him to zero.

[will3942]

I feel that I should keep it up just for reference and educational purposes. This was in no way an attack, but a mere hack that was created in 24 hours. It was not intended to be damaging to the service, although I do take responsibility that it was.

[mangotree]

So you knew you would get banned, but you are also upset at getting banned, because you use ht service? Why did you out up a website then?

[will3942]

I understand why I was banned, I'm not particularly upset, I'd just rather be able to use the service again. I fully accept responsibility.