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For those complaining about surveillance. people in countries like china/india, don't trust cab drivers as easily as they do in the first world. If I can get i

by educar 10y ago

For those complaining about surveillance. people in countries like china/india, don't trust cab drivers as easily as they do in the first world. If I can get into a cab in China and the app can tell me "yes, this is a driver that we have verified", this seems very useful and will make me feel safe(r).

williswee 10y ago
Totally agree. Super smart of Uber.
goodplay 10y ago
Yes but at what cost? If people are fine with this, companies will start forcing people to scan faces for all sorts of reasons. Whether it's to enforce drm or for better targeted advertising ("It seems you're suffering from acne, here's 3 products that may help"), do you really want to live in a world like that?
- educar 10y ago
  I am taking it that you don't travel anywhere. Last I checked, every airport does a TSA check. People simply don't trust each other. One cannot simply remove this checks. Just ask around you, how many people will board a plane with no police check of fellow passengers?
- superuser2 10y ago
  Yes, I want to live in a world where the identities of the drivers of cars I get into are known with certainty.
- dogma1138 10y ago
  At the cost of not being mugged, beaten, stabbed, raped, or killed. It's not uncommon in many parts of the world for cab drivers to supplement their income by staging robberies or worse, they'll usually take a "short cut" which means they'll drive trough some alley in which some guy will come and rob both you and your driver, but in reality only you are being robbed. I've been to a few places in Asia where the policy was simple - you do not hail cabs. Cabs are handled by either the hotel or the office building you are in. You ask for the cab, they ask you where you are going and order it for you. When the cab arrives some one from reception will go check it, they check the driver's ID, and if everything is ok they'll write down the time, the cab number, and your details and let you board the cab. If you are not in a place that can hail a cab for you, you usually call the hotel and they'll either arrange it for you or tell you a safe place near by where you can get a reliable cab from. And as far as the driver checks go on more than one occasion the guy from the reception told us to wait for another cab because he "had a bad feeling" which was usually he either did not know the driver, the driver that showed up wasn't the one the cab company said would come, or something just smelled fishy to him.

by educar 10y ago

williswee 10y ago

Totally agree. Super smart of Uber.

goodplay 10y ago

Yes but at what cost? If people are fine with this, companies will start forcing people to scan faces for all sorts of reasons. Whether it's to enforce drm or for better targeted advertising ("It seems you're suffering from acne, here's 3 products that may help"), do you really want to live in a world like that?

educar 10y ago
I am taking it that you don't travel anywhere. Last I checked, every airport does a TSA check. People simply don't trust each other. One cannot simply remove this checks. Just ask around you, how many people will board a plane with no police check of fellow passengers?
superuser2 10y ago
Yes, I want to live in a world where the identities of the drivers of cars I get into are known with certainty.
dogma1138 10y ago
At the cost of not being mugged, beaten, stabbed, raped, or killed. It's not uncommon in many parts of the world for cab drivers to supplement their income by staging robberies or worse, they'll usually take a "short cut" which means they'll drive trough some alley in which some guy will come and rob both you and your driver, but in reality only you are being robbed. I've been to a few places in Asia where the policy was simple - you do not hail cabs. Cabs are handled by either the hotel or the office building you are in. You ask for the cab, they ask you where you are going and order it for you. When the cab arrives some one from reception will go check it, they check the driver's ID, and if everything is ok they'll write down the time, the cab number, and your details and let you board the cab. If you are not in a place that can hail a cab for you, you usually call the hotel and they'll either arrange it for you or tell you a safe place near by where you can get a reliable cab from. And as far as the driver checks go on more than one occasion the guy from the reception told us to wait for another cab because he "had a bad feeling" which was usually he either did not know the driver, the driver that showed up wasn't the one the cab company said would come, or something just smelled fishy to him.