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Uber clarifies their user tracking after app exit or deletion
- robtkiller 9y agoAnother reminder that everything we do on the internet is being tracked as though it were happening in public.
- bostand 9y agoWhy are these report not affecting ubers bottom line? It seems people are complaining a lot but at the end of the day still using über because what? Cheap rides forgives everything? Social anxiety??
- bootloop 9y agoI can't speak for others but I stopped using it and will never go back. (I also know from others who don't use it anymore and try to convince people to do the same.)
- nojvek 9y agoI don't use Uber anymore. However I don't think Lyft is that innocent. They probably don't get as much news coverage but I wouldn't be surprised if they buy unroll.me emails and scan for Uber receipts. Tracking and analytics is a giant orgy. Everyone shares with everyone.
- sdflkd 9y agoI also stopped using Uber and try to get my friends not to do the same.
- dingo_bat 9y agoI don't give a shit about anything except cheap rides. Google is anyway tracking my every single phone activity and more. If I cared about it, I'd use a nokia 3310. Since I am using a smartphone, might as well get the cheapest ride.
- cpncrunch 9y agoWhy should users be concerned about this? The real issue here is that Apple removed the UDID API, so developers now have great difficulty identifying persistent abusers/trolls. In terms of things to be concerned about regarding Uber, this one is pretty far down the list...
- tdb7893 9y agoYeah, what they are doing seems the logical way to combat the abuse that they were seeing. I don't really understand how them being able to tell I am using the same device affects the majority of users at all
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