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I don't get why this is included in the window.Uber pingData. It seems as though your rating is something that isn't necessary and shouldn't be surfaced client
by aliston 12y ago
I don't get why this is included in the window.Uber pingData. It seems as though your rating is something that isn't necessary and shouldn't be surfaced client-side.
Anyone have some insight into why this data is there in the first place? Is this an accidental leak, some sort of optimization or something else?
- kevinmchugh 12y agoNo reason to hide it until it becomes a problem. I suspect now that someone's gone to the trouble to surface it, they'll patch it out, but really, it doesn't matter if a tiny percentage of uber-users know what their score is. It's an optimization for their developers. They probably don't want to write a bunch of "if user.driver?"'s in their API responses, so just return all the data all the time and let their clients decide what to show.
- chmars 12y agoIt's data about me, so I have a right to know and get it anyway – at least under European data privacy laws.
- mpeg 12y agoThey used to have lots more stuff in their private API; such as the driver's full name, home address and phone number. Probably careless API design.