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Uber applies for patent to spot drunk passengers
Taxi app company Uber has applied for a patent to use artificial intelligence to determine how drunk potential passengers might be.
The app used to summon rides could also feed other information to the driver, including a passenger's location, how accurately they are typing and even the angle they are holding their phone at.
It could help drivers who do not want to pick up inebriated riders.
But critics said it could also be used to identify vulnerable passengers.
According to the application to the US patent office, the system would spot "uncharacteristic user activity".
Also at The A.V. Club.
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Uber Submits Patent Application for Algorithm to Determine How Drunk Potential Passengers Are
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//GO.SYSIN DD *, DOODAH, DOODAH
(Score: 2) by urza9814 on Friday June 15 2018, @06:52PM
I just have to go into Settings > Privacy > Privacy Guard and I can retroactively deny any permission to any app. I can also generally deny at runtime...even though you have to approve all the permissions to install the app, for things like microphone access or reading the contact list it'll still pop up an approval dialog the first time the app attempts to use that permission. And I can absolutely still use apps if I deny them access to whatever they want (although obviously certain features may not work right). Most of my apps are not actually given the full permissions that they've requested -- every time I install a new app I go through and deny anything that I don't think it really needs. If your phone doesn't let you do that, it's not because it's "impossible"; it's just because your phone sucks.