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Re:Uber Now Tracks Passengers’ Locations Even After They’re ... by foodstances on Thursday December 01, 2016 @10:57PM (#13085861)
That's a separate option.

Settings -> Privacy -> Location Services -> Uber -> Never

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Re:Uber Now Tracks Passengers’ Locations Even After They’re ... by lm2s on Friday December 02, 2016 @03:49AM (#13087117)
I'm don't know why you were downvoted, background refresh has nothing to do with the location setting.
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Re:Uber Now Tracks Passengers’ Locations Even After They’re ... by IMcD23 on Friday December 02, 2016 @05:02AM (#13087431)
Per Apple's developer docs, if background app refresh is off, the app can't process location updates in the background. This was mentioned elsewhere in this thread as well.
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Re:Uber Now Tracks Passengers’ Locations Even After They’re ... by wheelerwj on Friday December 02, 2016 @10:08PM (#13094046)
thanks!
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