Permissions asked for by Uber Android app • Hacker News Board

Re: Permissions asked for by Uber Android app

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Post by MetaCosm » Thu, Nov 27, 2014, 2:22 PM UTC

tonyhb wrote: post #90

madeofpalk wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well I mean, is it actually causing any problems for Uber? Uber has what's pretty close to a monopoly in what it offers, apart from a few cities in the US where Lyft also operates. I would say most people that user Uber are not interested in using the regular local taxi service.

I spoke to a Lyft/Uber driver today in NCY. He said that Uber's losing drivers every day here — about 5% (I don't know where he got those numbers from). He also mentioned that Uber are flat out lying about how much drivers earn, and in some months drivers that aren't on Uber's "favourites" list end up owing Uber for renting the gear instead of earning money. This reputation is definitely damaging, and it's common kno…

"the gear" huh? Exactly what "gear" do they rent?

Re: Permissions asked for by Uber Android app

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Post by rrrrr » Thu, Nov 27, 2014, 5:57 PM UTC

Isn't it possible to route all traffic to/from an Android device through a MIM proxy, run the Uber app, and then see exactly what data is being sent to Uber HQ?

Re: Permissions asked for by Uber Android app

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Post by djabatt » Thu, Nov 27, 2014, 6:59 PM UTC

Clearly aggressive and not in a way that improves UX.

Re: Permissions asked for by Uber Android app

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Post by andymcsherry » Tue, Dec 02, 2014, 2:01 AM UTC

Aissen wrote: post #159

tadfisher wrote: post #151

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Having implemented the first three: various manufacturers release dialer and contact apps that do not implement the Intent in the same way as the AOSP/Google apps. For example, the HTC Sense contacts application does not grant you the single-record permission when you select a contact via the ACTION_PICK_CONTACT intent, so your app will generate a permission error and you will not get the contact data without READ_CO…

Interesting, how recent are those HTC Sense phones? Any pointers to such bugs? I agree it's a shame that it isn't implemented properly. It should be part of CTS.

The CTS isn't quite as comprehensive as it should be. I worked on a music player that replaced the stock music app for a while. At one point, we discovered it wasn't issuing some of the required intents. Went unnoticed for over a year.