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Uber lets you enable a PIN for each ride. The driver can't say they picked you up until they punch in the random 4 digit PIN the app gave you for the ride.
by jonny_eh 1y ago
Uber lets you enable a PIN for each ride. The driver can't say they picked you up until they punch in the random 4 digit PIN the app gave you for the ride.
- harvey9 1y agoThis is good, but why can't these firms determine when your phone and the drivers phone are far apart?
- blindriver 1y agoToo many people order Ubers for other people so it won’t work.
- michaelt 1y agoIt's not unusual to call a taxi for another person. Or to make a multi-stop journey where some people get out before others. You can even send a parcel across town in a taxi. Checking phone proximity might be helpful in some cases, but it's not a silver bullet.
- vachina 1y agoGPS does not work everywhere, and not every device support BLE beacons.
- andrepd 1y agoI never give location permissions to any app if I can avoid it (indeed I don't even have the spyware app if I can avoid it; e.g. I use the web to order an Uber)
- alistairSH 1y agoI don’t know why they don’t require it. Every Uber in Porto Rico uses the PIN but I’ve only had one in the mainland USA ask for it.
- jonny_eh 1y agoYou need to enable it on your account.
- alistairSH 1y agoExactly - I believe it should be required for safety, limits shenanigans, etc. Apparently, it is required in Puerto Rico, but I don't know if drivers have to enable it themselves or if the app knows where the driver is operating. Are you saying the rider can also turn it on all the time? If so, that's good - I've only ever it seen driver's request it (all in PR, and one in mainland US, everywhere else, no PIN).
- jonny_eh 1y agoRight, YOU need to enable it. I assumed it was always up to the rider, since they're the beneficiary of it.