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Tim
@blendergeek
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Key Takeaways: Obviously this wasn't Uber Support. I knew this and only "verified" information that the caller already had. But if I wasn't very savvy at detecting phishing scams, I would have fallen for this. The caller knew the names of my previous and current riders. I don't know where the caller got this information, but that was downright terrifying. How does the caller (who is clearly a scammer), know who I just gave a ride to and who I am about to give a ride to?
5 / 5
5 / 5
[Phone immediately rings again]
Uber Support: You just hung up on me. We need to verify your phone number because you have been sharing your account with your friends and family.
Me: I'm gonna hang up and call back from inside the app.
Uber Support: Because there has been suspicious activity on your account, if you hang up on me again, I will immediately deactivate your account.
Me: Deactivate my account already.
Me: [Hangs up]
4 / 5
Uber Support: You just hung up on me. We need to verify your phone number because you have been sharing your account with your friends and family.
Me: I'm gonna hang up and call back from inside the app.
Uber Support: Because there has been suspicious activity on your account, if you hang up on me again, I will immediately deactivate your account.
Me: Deactivate my account already.
Me: [Hangs up]
4 / 5
Uber Support: First I need to very your phone number.
Me: Okay
Uber Support: Is your phone number 123-456-7890?
Me: Yes
Uber Support: I tried that and it didn't work. What is your actualy phone number?
Me: That is my phone number.
Uber Support: Well, we will need to verify your phone number by sending you a code.
Me: [Hangs Up]
3 / 5
Me: Okay
Uber Support: Is your phone number 123-456-7890?
Me: Yes
Uber Support: I tried that and it didn't work. What is your actualy phone number?
Me: That is my phone number.
Uber Support: Well, we will need to verify your phone number by sending you a code.
Me: [Hangs Up]
3 / 5
Uber Support: And you are about to pick up a passenger named Bob?
Me: Sure.
Uber Support: We are calling because Bob has a disability and rides in a wheelchair. Because of this, Bob needs an accessible vehicle so we are going to reassign your ride to a driver with an accessible car.
Me: Okay.
Uber Support: I will walk you through the process of canceling the ride so that it won't count against you.
Me: Okay
2 / 5
Me: Sure.
Uber Support: We are calling because Bob has a disability and rides in a wheelchair. Because of this, Bob needs an accessible vehicle so we are going to reassign your ride to a driver with an accessible car.
Me: Okay.
Uber Support: I will walk you through the process of canceling the ride so that it won't count against you.
Me: Okay
2 / 5
I nearly got scammed as an Uber Driver. A thread.
I drive Uber. Recently I was driving and I had just completed a ride, lets call the rider Alice. I was about to pick up another rider, lets call them Bob.
As soon as I dropped off Alice, I received a phone call from a caller who identified themselves as Uber Support. It went something like this:
Uber Support: Hi, this is Uber Support, did you just drop off a passenger named Alice?
Me: Uh, sure.
1 / 5
I drive Uber. Recently I was driving and I had just completed a ride, lets call the rider Alice. I was about to pick up another rider, lets call them Bob.
As soon as I dropped off Alice, I received a phone call from a caller who identified themselves as Uber Support. It went something like this:
Uber Support: Hi, this is Uber Support, did you just drop off a passenger named Alice?
Me: Uh, sure.
1 / 5
Should the presence of affiliate links in an app be disclosed as "advertising" in app stores?
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What should be the default "reaction emojis" in a messaging app?
I haven't seen this poll in a while and I want updated results. If you #MobileLinux, what distro do you use?
If you use something different, just comment it. I can only have four options.
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Dear App Developers,
Please provide a link to the source code for your app. This can be accomplished by adding a <url> with type="vcs-browser" to your AppStream data XML file.
In all honesty, I think Flathub (and similar) should *require* this.