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In the article: "..the company can track your smartphone battery life.." They ARE tracking my battery, all the time! I looked into the HTTPS-trafic from the U

In the article: "..the company can track your smartphone battery life.." They ARE tracking my battery, all the time! I looked into the HTTPS-trafic from the Uber-app (with MITMproxy) and it is one of the few that send my battery and charging status on a regular basis: "battery_status": "unplugged", "battery_level": 0.73,

punnerud 10y ago
It would be interesting to run a script that changed the battery status data in the HTTPS-trafic to make it look like it is dropping fast. Just to see if there is a correlation with the price, waiting time and available drivers I am getting back.
- hfjiepwlldmfm 10y ago
  And if so, get lower rates by running a script which lies to Uber and says the battery is plugged in and at 100%.
  - punnerud 10y ago
    Then I would set up a proxy through my home server to change the battery-status based on my need
    - dexterdog 10y ago
      But isn't your need to always pay the minimum amount?
throwaway43 10y ago
How do you proxy their traffic ? I couldn't because they seem to use pinned certificates.
- punnerud 10y ago
  Read up on MITMproxy. It works best on Mac. For Windows I recommend Kali-Linux virtually so you don't have to build for Ubuntu. If you have problems just email me: morten(at)punnerud.net They only force HTTPS, not their own sertificate as in Facebook and Snapchat. Visit mitm.it on your phone (after you have set up a proxy through your pc running MITMproxy) to automatically ad a sertifificate to get it working, or generate your own if you don't trust the service.