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"Uber collects your location data from the time of trip request through five minutes after the trip ends, including when the app is in the background." From so

by baumant 10y ago

"Uber collects your location data from the time of trip request through five minutes after the trip ends, including when the app is in the background." From source listed in the article: https://help.uber.com/h/ba9dd342-158d-421f-a9ea-0e6c7aaad726 https://help.uber.com/h/ba9dd342-158d-421f-a9ea-0e6c7aaad726

JumpCrisscross 10y ago
Counting down to the FBI NSL'ing [1] Uber for persistent, warrantless surveillance... [1] https://www.eff.org/issues/national-security-letters https://www.eff.org/issues/national-security-letters
- mahyarm 10y ago
  They don't need to, since they have the much better source of cell phone carriers with 24/7 location. And google android OS and apple to a certain extent.
  - mentat 10y ago
    Yes, people are like "oh NSL". Are they not paying attention to carrier access, stingray, general SIGINT? Like really this is HN at its most ridiculous.
- mc32 10y ago
  Or in countries which have family registries it can be used to track people who fail to update the registry or move to a city illegally in places where intra-national movement is restricted.
RKearney 10y ago
"The website “https://help.uber.com” https://help.uber.com” would like to use your current location."
- bobbles 10y ago
  I think its pretty relevant if someone is looking for uber help that they could use the location to help narrow down who should be dealing with the issue...
0xmohit 10y ago
The linked article mentions that you can select "Never" so as not to share your location with Uber. However, on iOS at least, the latest version of the app is pretty much unusable when you do so. I did write to Uber regarding this a while back and the response was basically "Thank you. We'll forward it to the appropriate team." I suspect that they'd anything about it as the current functionality is by design more than anything else.
CaptainZapp 10y ago
Well, so says Uber. Unfortunately their history has proven to me that they're an utterly untrustworthy company and some lofty PR bullshit certainly won't change my opinion on them.

by baumant 10y ago

JumpCrisscross 10y ago

Counting down to the FBI NSL'ing [1] Uber for persistent, warrantless surveillance... [1] https://www.eff.org/issues/national-security-letters https://www.eff.org/issues/national-security-letters

mahyarm 10y ago
They don't need to, since they have the much better source of cell phone carriers with 24/7 location. And google android OS and apple to a certain extent.
- mentat 10y ago
  Yes, people are like "oh NSL". Are they not paying attention to carrier access, stingray, general SIGINT? Like really this is HN at its most ridiculous.
mc32 10y ago
Or in countries which have family registries it can be used to track people who fail to update the registry or move to a city illegally in places where intra-national movement is restricted.

RKearney 10y ago

"The website “https://help.uber.com” https://help.uber.com” would like to use your current location."

bobbles 10y ago
I think its pretty relevant if someone is looking for uber help that they could use the location to help narrow down who should be dealing with the issue...

0xmohit 10y ago

The linked article mentions that you can select "Never" so as not to share your location with Uber. However, on iOS at least, the latest version of the app is pretty much unusable when you do so. I did write to Uber regarding this a while back and the response was basically "Thank you. We'll forward it to the appropriate team." I suspect that they'd anything about it as the current functionality is by design more than anything else.

CaptainZapp 10y ago

Well, so says Uber. Unfortunately their history has proven to me that they're an utterly untrustworthy company and some lofty PR bullshit certainly won't change my opinion on them.