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Re:Uber loses licence to operate in London, will still opera... by PJDK on Monday November 25, 2019 @06:28AM (#21627152)
How do you stop one person signing up, doing the whole verification process correctly and then someone else using the app/driving the car? The only safeguard that springs to mind is providing a photo of the driver to the user, but that's already implemented.

You could also do spot checks (no idea if they do or not), but that's not going to eliminate the problem just reduce it.

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Re:Uber loses licence to operate in London, will still opera... by us0r on Monday November 25, 2019 @06:47AM (#21627246)
They have had this since 2016[0]. The problem is you have uber logic behind it. The only time it asks me to verify is when I'm on the highway and turn the app off and back on. I guess they think I'm tossing the phone to the car next to me while going 65?

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.theverge.com/platform/amp/2...

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