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So this is information about Uber app that I found in some blog: ------- Android Uber app code has many suspicious places. For example, it contains a namespac

So this is information about Uber app that I found in some blog: ------- Android Uber app code has many suspicious places. For example, it contains a namespace "com.baidu.frontia" and classes there include such code as: localObject = ((TelephonyManager)localObject).getSubscriberId(); // gets IMSI ((TelephonyManager)localObject2).getDeviceId(); // gets IMEI localObject1 = ((WifiInfo)localObject1).getMacAddress(); public static void makeCall(String paramString) public static void sendSMS Also there is the code that collects information about cell towers, mcc and mnc codes, scans wifi networks. I looked quickly through the code and it seems that those methods are never called. They are probably just a part of a library not used in this app. Uber mostly uses baidu maps, authorization and payment API.

onewaystreet 11y ago
That code is from the Baidu SDK which Uber integrates into its app for Chinese users.
- wosos 11y ago
  Still suspicious nontheless
  - levemi 11y ago
    I think you're on to something, for example the Uber app probably also uses the `true` constant in places, which could be used by `if` comparisons, and Uber could actually be using `if` comparisons all over the place. Who knows what sort of suspicious `if` comparisons Uber's app might be making? We don't know, and until we do we should probably not use this app.
    - teamfrizz 11y ago
      Not sure if this is sarcasm or just strange.
      - hartpuff 11y ago
        Not sure why your post is being downvoted, when the laborious Reddit-level sarcasm in the post you replied to is the kind of useless, non-constructive crap I thought was frowned upon here.
    - Hydraulix989 11y ago
      Parent is Clearly an Uber employee
- seanmcdirmid 11y ago
  Right, Uber works in China as well...same app, completely different infrastructure. If you come to China with your uber app, it will still work (provided you have wifi or data). Uber also does UnionPay as a payment option...again, same app.

onewaystreet 11y ago

That code is from the Baidu SDK which Uber integrates into its app for Chinese users.

wosos 11y ago
Still suspicious nontheless
- levemi 11y ago
  I think you're on to something, for example the Uber app probably also uses the `true` constant in places, which could be used by `if` comparisons, and Uber could actually be using `if` comparisons all over the place. Who knows what sort of suspicious `if` comparisons Uber's app might be making? We don't know, and until we do we should probably not use this app.
  - teamfrizz 11y ago
    Not sure if this is sarcasm or just strange.
    - hartpuff 11y ago
      Not sure why your post is being downvoted, when the laborious Reddit-level sarcasm in the post you replied to is the kind of useless, non-constructive crap I thought was frowned upon here.
  - Hydraulix989 11y ago
    Parent is Clearly an Uber employee
seanmcdirmid 11y ago
Right, Uber works in China as well...same app, completely different infrastructure. If you come to China with your uber app, it will still work (provided you have wifi or data). Uber also does UnionPay as a payment option...again, same app.