Uber has released a new privacy statement which goes into effect July 15th. If you use Uber after that date, you are consenting to their new policy. While not outrageous, it is interesting. And it does point out one difference between Uber and a taxi. The taxi is much more anonymous. At worst, the taxi […]
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Reports of Uber customers saying that they are being charged for rides that they did not take are beginning to surface in the United States (previous reports have been international). In at least some cases, Uber is refunding the cost if people contact them. Uber continues to claim that they cannot find any evidence of […]
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Ars technica is reporting that Uber is scrambling to try to recover from an itty bitty problem. Apparently, someone posted Uber source code (probably an Uber employee) to the public source code repository GitHub. GitHub is a wonderful tool for storing open source software code in a way that is easy for developers to share. […]
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Following up on today’s Uber theme, There is an article on USAToday.com tonight that says that Uber has something they call “God View” that allows Uber employees to stalk VIP users (and apparently track the movements of any Uber user) – including journalists who are writing articles negative to Uber. My guess is that this is […]
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I am sure that many of you have used the Uber and Lyft ride sharing services, but have you thought about what would happen if the driver was in an accident. You might want to. Insurance Networking News recently reported about a new coverage that one insurance company (Erie) is offering to provide coverage to […]
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