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Were the taxi background checks in New York and San Francisco more comprehensive than those done by Uber?
by linkregister 9y ago
Were the taxi background checks in New York and San Francisco more comprehensive than those done by Uber?
- vkou 9y agoYes, they were, and yes, they are. Uber wasn't even doing background checks at the start, and they aren't doing fingerprint checks. They are quite literally, matching people's names. This has a huge false positive, and false negative rate. Never mind that circumventing their background checks is also trivial - many drivers have gotten friends and relatives to create their accounts. This flies under the radar, because Uber doesn't care - they need more drivers. They could, of course, calm these concerns by being transparent about their process (Or just doing the same that taxi companies do.) They don't, and they aren't, though. [1] http://valleywag.gawker.com/uber-driver-heres-how-we-get-around-background-checks-1596982249 http://valleywag.gawker.com/uber-driver-heres-how-we-get-aro...