Uber to end post-trip tracking of riders

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As part of privacy push.

Uber to end post-trip tracking of riders
Uber is pulling a heavily criticised feature from its app that allowed it to track riders for up to five minutes after a trip, 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 ...

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