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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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You're currently going through a difficult transition period called "Life."
(Score: 4, Insightful) by TheGratefulNet on Monday December 05 2016, @04:30PM
anything I can't do anonymously (like a phone call or email; both of which I can spoof if I need to) I won't do with an app!
app. sigh. app now means 'no way to know what its doing, zero trust in it, probably has bad intent as well'
until we can fully firewall apps and have control over THEM, I refuse to install apps. my app collection is a handful if even that.
its so sad that we have nearly total control over a real linux box but nearly NO control over 'same' linux that happens to run on a touch device that fits in our pocket.
"It is now safe to switch off your computer."