Uber Now Tracks Passengers’ Locations Even After They’re Dropped Off
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#3Yeah REALLY obnoxious. I was just disabling this after another Uber ride. They do not provide the option to enable location services only when the app is running on screen. I think it might be nice if iOS presented this option regardless of what Uber wants.
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#4Yeah REALLY obnoxious. I was just disabling this after another Uber ride. They do not provide the option to enable location services only when the app is running on screen. I think it might be nice if iOS presented this option regardless of what Uber wants.
> I think it might be nice if iOS presented this option regardless of what Uber wants.
I delete any application that requires all-or-nothing location privileges; if Uber acts this way now I'm done using Uber.
Being able to make it such that location services are an all-or-nothing proposition when there is clearly support for "only when using" in iOS annoys me to no end. The fact Apple doesn't do this is what is actually alarming, given their stance on "privacy".
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#5"Uber collects your location data from the time of trip request through five minutes after the trip ends, including when the app is in the background."
From source listed in the article: https://help.uber.com/h/ba9dd342-158d-421f-a9ea-0e6c7aaad726
Re: Uber Now Tracks Passengers’ Locations Even After They’re Dropped Off
#6Yeah REALLY obnoxious. I was just disabling this after another Uber ride. They do not provide the option to enable location services only when the app is running on screen. I think it might be nice if iOS presented this option regardless of what Uber wants.
> I think it might be nice if iOS presented this option regardless of what Uber wants. I delete any application that requires all-or-nothing location privileges; if Uber acts this way now I'm done using Uber. Being able to make it such that location services are an all-or-nothing proposition when there is clearly support for "only when using" in iOS annoys me to no end. The fact Apple doesn't do this is what is actua…
>>I delete any application that requires all-or-nothing location privileges; if Uber acts this way now I'm done using Uber.
This is the calculated risk Uber is taking. Presumably they believe that they will only lose a tiny sliver of their user base over the all-or-nothing approach. Now that they're well past the "early adoption" phase in many markets this is a "smart" corporate play.
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#7This is the perfect example of development for the sake of development. The new user experience is terrible and provides the user with zero extra benefits.
I seriously can't see how a product manager signs off on these updates.
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#8> Uber collects your location data from the time of trip request through five minutes after ends trip ends, including when the app is in the background. We do this to improve pickups, drop-offs, customer service, and to enhance safety.
Meh, sounds reasonable as long as they don't collect data outside this window (although they should not make it all-or-nothing, a third option of "While in use" would be better).
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#9I can't say I'm heartbroken that Uber disabled my account after my card on file was replaced (thanks Home Depot!) and I didn't update it. This wasn't even tied to requesting a ride, I think I'd opened the app to see what coverage in a suburban area looked like.
IIRC the "get my account back" process was going to involve sending a copy of my drivers license and the dead card which had been cut up several months earlier, and it just wasn't worth the hassle of even following up.
And this was even before all the "all your ride of shame are belong to us" brouhaha - so now they want to track your walks of shame as well?
Re: Uber Now Tracks Passengers’ Locations Even After They’re Dropped Off
#10Yeah REALLY obnoxious. I was just disabling this after another Uber ride. They do not provide the option to enable location services only when the app is running on screen. I think it might be nice if iOS presented this option regardless of what Uber wants.
> I think it might be nice if iOS presented this option regardless of what Uber wants. I delete any application that requires all-or-nothing location privileges; if Uber acts this way now I'm done using Uber. Being able to make it such that location services are an all-or-nothing proposition when there is clearly support for "only when using" in iOS annoys me to no end. The fact Apple doesn't do this is what is actua…
On one hand I agree with you, but it wouldn't work as a unilateral policy. There are definitely apps (such as a weather widget, for one example) that lose major functionality if you don't allow location even when not technically in the app. Either way, I won't be using Uber anymore for this reason.