Uber Says App Will No Longer Stalk You After Your Trip

Uber Technologies Inc. is pulling a heavily criticized feature from its app that allowed it to track riders for up to five minutes after a trip, its security chief told Reuters, as the ride-services company tries to fix its poor reputation for customer privacy.

The change, which restores users' ability to share location data only while using the app, is expected to be announced on Tuesday and rolled out to Apple Inc. iPhone users starting this week. It comes as Uber tries to recover from a series of crises culminating in the ouster of CEO Travis Kalanick and other top executives.

Dara Khosrowshahi, the CEO of travel-booking company Expedia Inc. is set to become Uber's new chief executive, sources have told Reuters.

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zlives - 8/29/2017 3:04:35 PM

+2 Boost

UBER... is this still a thing?

mre30 - 8/29/2017 3:10:45 PM

+1 Boost

UBER...applying easily-copyable technology to a low-tech task/product/service.

Reminds me of 2002's "pets.com". Remember how that ended up? (I should say down).

carloslassiter - 8/29/2017 5:28:50 PM

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Is this a joke? Everyone I know uses Uber on every business trip while laughing at people trying to flag down filthy yellow cabs being driven by A-holes.

Either you guys don't travel, don't own smart phones, or you are reading this while sitting in the back of one of those aforementioned cabs.