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Re:Uber leaves Kansas after lawmakers demand background chec... by fernandotakai on Wednesday May 06, 2015 @11:24AM (#9499341)
that's strange -- as far as i know, the uber driver will only know your destination after they pick you up (so they cannot do this kind of thing). uber's feature page also say that https://www.uber.com/features -- "After pickup, we show the driver where you’re going..."

I also spoke with the drivers I used here in são paulo and they said the same thing: they only get the destination after the pickup and they only get my first name -- uber now is using a 3rd party service that proxys my phone so the driver won't have my personal number.

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Re:Uber leaves Kansas after lawmakers demand background chec... by smackfu on Wednesday May 06, 2015 @11:37AM (#9499443)
How does Uber determine when you are picked up? That's the bit that could be gamed.
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Re:Uber leaves Kansas after lawmakers demand background chec... by fernandotakai on Wednesday May 06, 2015 @11:42AM (#9499472)
from my experience, it uses the driver's phone gps + the place you asked to be picked + your phone's gps. and yeah, it could totally be gamed, but i think people should email uber whenever this happens since those drivers are scumbags.

i emailed them before regarding problems with drivers and the customer support team is always good (twice i had problems with drivers doing longer routes when smaller ones were better and once i had a problem with a driver that accepted my request but never showed up).

(btw, i'm not an uber employee, i just like the service and use at least twice a month)

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Re:Uber leaves Kansas after lawmakers demand background chec... by willis77 on Wednesday May 06, 2015 @12:51PM (#9500004)
It only shows when the trip/meter starts.
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Re:Uber leaves Kansas after lawmakers demand background chec... by discardorama on Wednesday May 06, 2015 @11:44AM (#9499487)
I spoke to the driver, as he was loading the suitcase. He clearly knew the destination, even before the ride had started.
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Re:Uber leaves Kansas after lawmakers demand background chec... by jlmorton on Wednesday May 06, 2015 @12:09PM (#9499685)
Sorry, that's not possible. Drivers are not shown the destination until they begin the ride - the point where it begins billing you, and begins showing your pickup location in the map they email you immediately concluding your ride.

This is not an automatic process that can go wrong. And indeed, for anyone who has used Uber any number of times, this is immediately obvious.

Perhaps your driver surmised from your suitcase where you were going?

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