Uber wants access to browsing history, bookmarks, and running apps
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Re: Uber wants access to browsing history, bookmarks, and running apps
#2Presumably they want to see if you are running Lyft.
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#3Very unnecessary overreach on android permissions..
Will be interesting to see how many of the fans of uber here on hn will try to spin this.
Just forwarded to some friends, they are uninstalling the rogue app as I type this!
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#4Edit: interestingly, this comment had five points before the uber fans modded away. Easier to click down then explain rogue apps I suppose...
They were lucky they didn't try the beta version of the new forthcoming uber app - that version wants access to the phones of all your friends, family, neighbours, your postman, the sister of the locksmith that helped you get the spare key last year, and the chap you met on the train to work last week called Brian. Still, go uber!
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#5If you are running the app on Marshmallow, with iOS-style permission requests, in what contexts does the app ask you for these?
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#6If you are running the app on Marshmallow, with iOS-style permission requests, in what contexts does the app ask you for these?
When you update (and the permissions have changed)
Re: Uber wants access to browsing history, bookmarks, and running apps
#7Props to whoever's responsible for itemized permissions requests on install/update--stories like these probably wouldn't exist without it.
Re: Uber wants access to browsing history, bookmarks, and running apps
#8Presumably they want to see if you are running Lyft.
And it wouldn't do anything for if you had two phones, right? This is pretty annoying as someone who still wants to use Uber. Enough that I would consider a competitor.
Re: Uber wants access to browsing history, bookmarks, and running apps
#9My Samsung phone came with the Uber app baked into the ROM. Fortunately I know enough to disable it, but I can't completely uninstall it. And most users will be prompted ad infinitum to update until they give in.
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#10I've said it before but I'll say it again: this is why you create a second throw-away Google account and use that to create a new profile on your phone dedicated to snoopy apps. Seriously: screw anyone that thinks harvesting my personal data is the cost I must pay for a cab ride.