4 ms·

how do they get access to your contacts? why do they get access to your contacts? why do people give them access to their contacts?

• gruez 9y ago
  https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ubercab https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ubercab This app has access to: [...] Contacts * find accounts on the device * read your contacts
  • dwighttk 9y ago
    But why?
    • rory 9y ago
      I'm pretty sure it's used to assist with selecting other accounts for fare splits, so that could be one justification.
      • dwighttk 9y ago
        ah... didn't think of that one... Clearly not an Uber user here. At least there's a possibly helpful reason to do it.
    • deleted 9y ago
      [deleted]
• moduspol 9y ago
  I'm on iOS and signed up for Uber long before the privacy scandals went mainstream. iOS would have required that I be prompted for access to contacts, but I don't remember what the justification was. I do know it knows where "Home" and "Work" are without me explicitly telling it. I assumed I'd be able to type in the name of a contact and it'd resolve that to the contact's address I have listed (an actual valid use case), but I just tried that and it didn't work. So I don't know OTOH what valid justification they have for using it. I do see if you go to invite friends (for "free rides"), it allows you to connect contacts to send codes to. I don't think that's how I got prompted, though.