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> I don't think you should use a person's device for anything other than serving that person. It's not the person's device. Uber requires all drivers to have a
by dankohn1 11y ago
> I don't think you should use a person's device for anything other than serving that person.
It's not the person's device. Uber requires all drivers to have a separate phone just for Uber usage. I had always assumed it was so that drivers wouldn't hit on passengers by calling them after dropping off. The distributed data backup seems like another advantage.
- smt88 11y ago> assumed it was so that drivers wouldn't hit on passengers To my knowledge, Uber relays calls between drivers and passengers through its own phone network, which effectively anonymizes each end. For example, an Uber driver once called me, and then my phone lost service. I tried to call back with a friend's phone, and an automated Uber message said that there were no active rides associated with my friend's number.
- HappyTypist 11y agoIt's to protect the privacy of drivers as much as as passengers.
- terinjokes 11y agoWhen I took Uber outside the US, this wasn't true. The app faithfully showed my real phone number on the driver's phone (the driver took the +1 as a queue to not call me and instead drive slowly in hopes of finding me).
- smt88 11y agoAre you sure it was your real phone number, or was it just an American number that Uber owned? That's what they use in the US -- a pool of numbers that they bought to function as masks.
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