About a year has passed since Uber, the ride-sharing giant, got the green light to operate in South Florida, winning over lawmakers who were hesitant to accept a company that so openly flouted the rules. Fast forward to this week, and an investigation led by the United States Justice Department into the San Francisco company’s use of a covert software program is reportedly underway.
The software, code-named “Greyball,” helped Uber evade municipal authorities in cities and towns that tried to regulate…