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[krisgenre]

This combined with their app's shady activities ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8660336 ), it does seem like a very good idea to stop using it.

[makeramen → krisgenre]

If you read any of the technical analysis, those claims are clearly unfounded and the hacker doesn't even understand how REST works: http://thenextweb.com/apps/2014/11/27/ubers-app-malware-desp...

As an Android developer, the root and vulnerability reporting behavior is pretty standard for bug tracking, and in Uber's case fraud prevention as well.

[krisgenre → makeramen]

Thanks for pointing it out. I should make a mental note of not to just go by the top comments.