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probably a dumb question: how does the "unique code" part of his idea work? how could the apps on both the driver's and passenger's phones both reliably genera
by HillaryBriss 8y ago
probably a dumb question: how does the "unique code" part of his idea work?
how could the apps on both the driver's and passenger's phones both reliably generate the same globally unique code?
- icebraining 8y agoIt could be simply a combination of the specific information of the ride: username of rider + username of driver + origin + destination.
- HillaryBriss 8y agothank you for the response. i'm wondering how my meta-uber app would obtain my origin and destination. is Doctorow proposing that the user manually enter origin and destination into both the actual uber app and the proposed meta-uber app?
- icebraining 8y agoI believe the idea is that the meta-uber app would programmatically control the actual uber app, hence the CFAA and DRM concerns.
- HillaryBriss 8y agoAh. Ok. Got it. Thanks. So, meta-uber would need to embed within itself a hacked copy of the actual uber app, or just very carefully mimic calls to Uber's backend somehow. Or meta-uber would need to somehow have the permission to run and inject data into an authentically installed instance of the Uber app (not quite sure if or how, say, the Android platform's security model would allow this.) Hmmm.
- icebraining 8y agoIt could also use an embedded browser and load https://m.uber.com/ https://m.uber.com/