Uber loses licence to operate in London, will still operate while appealing

Re:Uber loses licence to operate in London, will still opera... by lotsofpulp on Monday November 25, 2019 @06:46AM (#21627244)

Other than constant facial recognition via camera pointed at the driver, how does anyone (not just Uber), guarantee that an approved driver doesn’t get out of the car and a non approved driver get in and start driving?

Perhaps a selfie with the driver taken by the passengers during the drive would also suffice.

In my opinion, Uber has done enough. They provide the passenger with the drivers name and photo. It’s up to the passenger to verify, but Uber should make violations easy to report.

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Re:Uber loses licence to operate in London, will still opera... by us0r on Monday November 25, 2019 @06:55AM (#21627293)

>It’s up to the passenger to verify, but Uber should make violations easy to report.

They are. Click a trip, scroll down, click "my driver was unprofessional", click "my driver didnt match the profile in my app".

The problem is most people dont report stuff to uber. I hear stories all the time from people and everytime I ask if they reported the driver they say no.

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Re:Uber loses licence to operate in London, will still opera... by JazCE on Monday November 25, 2019 @06:51AM (#21627269)

using the fingerprint reader on a phone to accept any job?

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Re:Uber loses licence to operate in London, will still opera... by darkwater on Monday November 25, 2019 @07:58AM (#21627711)

Fingerprint on a phone (either iOS or Android) only authenticates the local phone user, it doesn't really expose any mean of unique identification to the app. So, basically even if you enforce fingerprinting to use the app, it would just authenticate/match whatever fingerprint was registered in the underlying OS.

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