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Uber is beginning to track the locations of riders up to five minutes after a ride has ended:
As promised, Uber is now tracking you even when your ride is over. The ride-hailing service said the surveillance—even when riders close the app—will improve its service.
The company now tracks customers from when they request a ride until five minutes after the ride has ended. According to Uber, the move will help drivers locate riders without having to call them, and it will also allow Uber to analyze whether people are being dropped off and picked up properly—like on the correct side of the street.
"We do this to improve pickups, drop-offs, customer service, and to enhance safety," Uber said.
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QOTD:
The forest may be quiet, but that doesn't mean
the snakes have gone away.
(Score: 1) by Lester on Monday December 05 2016, @08:36PM
Who cares? Nobody, except a few nerds
Uber won't lose many customers because of this new surveyance policy. There are advantages and no price to pay. It's a win win movement. Why should't do it? Google, facebook, amazon, apple etc have been storing and using an unbelievable amount of data about us with no backslash, on the contrary, with huge profits. Uber is just learnig from others.
Don't get mad about this, it's just the begining. It's the new world
(Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Monday December 05 2016, @09:27PM
There is a price to pay. But you'll probably never learn what it is. Most probably the price to pay is quite literally that, you paying more than you would otherwise, because the data tells that you will. And you'll never learn that you got a higher price than you would have gotten otherwise.
The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.
(Score: 1) by Mainframe Bloke on Monday December 05 2016, @10:49PM
Well said, MD.
Re the original concept, I find it creepy. Think about it - they can track you at any time, effectively all the time, only limited by the space for storing the tracking data. "Information wants to be free", and freeing that information does not bode well for the subjects. It could end up anywhere.
Makes me again strengthen my resolve to never use Uber, or any others like them. I may sound paranoid, but I really like my freedom and the power of knowing that they have no clue what my next move will be.
(Score: 1) by Lester on Tuesday December 06 2016, @11:21AM
I meant no price to pay forma uber