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As far as I understand, BlaBlaCar has some centralized controls on your identity since payments go through them and changing your payment info is not quite as e

• timlod 10y ago
  You used to be able not to use any of their payment services. Also identity verification processes that they offer/ed are/were not obligatory. So in many cases references were all people used to trust someone. (I have been using the service for years)
• slowmotiony 10y ago
  They operated for years without accepting payments, the payment is a recent thing.
  • yoz-y 10y ago
    Their business model is to first expand to a territory by providing a simple connection between passengers and drivers. Then, when their user base is large enough, they introduce the payment system. However, when I was using the service it was quite common to get the drivers number and contact them directly for the "next" time.
    • slowmotiony 10y ago
      My point is that since the payments are a recent change, previously the rides were in fact completely anonymous.
• joeyspn 10y ago
  > That's a big difference to an anonymous-by-default cash-only network. I haven't used it recently but in 2013-2014-2015 it was as an anonymous-by-default cash-only network. (edited original post to reflect it) Overall I had zero problems, very nice experience, and I met interesting people