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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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(Score: 4, Informative) by WillR on Monday December 05 2016, @04:31PM
The user should have to give prior permission for such a 'feature' and it should be opt-in.
They do. What pissed off Uber users here is that the location permission used to be a tristate (No, Yes, Only when app is active). The last app update removed the "only when active" option, so now your choices are "Uber doesn't work" and "Uber can track me anywhere at any time even when I'm not using their app".