Comment by jonny_eh

Comment by jonny_eh a day ago

7 replies

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.

harvey9 a day ago

This is good, but why can't these firms determine when your phone and the drivers phone are far apart?

  • michaelt a day ago

    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.

  • blindriver a day ago

    Too many people order Ubers for other people so it won’t work.

  • vachina a day ago

    GPS does not work everywhere, and not every device support BLE beacons.

  • andrepd a day ago

    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)

alistairSH a day ago

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.