Comment by jonny_eh
1 day 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.
1 day 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.
This is good, but why can't these firms determine when your phone and the drivers phone are far apart?
It'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.
Too many people order Ubers for other people so it won’t work.
GPS does not work everywhere, and not every device support BLE beacons.
I 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)
I 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.
You need to enable it on your account.