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Uber Now Tracking Users After the Ride is Over

posted by martyb on Monday December 05 2016, @02:41PM   Printer-friendly
from the 1984-called dept.

takyon writes:

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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 05 2016, @04:55PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 05 2016, @04:55PM (#437245)

    Just how stupid, naïve, ignorant do they think we are?

    The message is not directed at you, but at the typical user.

    Very few, if any, smartphones have a GPS that's actually accurate enough to tell which side of the street you get out on under real world conditions.

    Very few smartphone users who read the announcement will even start to consider the question whether this is actually possible. And even fewer will be able to correctly answer it.

    Indeed, I'd be surprised if the majority even knew what GPS is, beyond "something in my smartphone that determines where I am".