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Secret backdoor in UBER app allows it to record you even when app is CLOSED

 
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Secret backdoor in UBER app allows it to record you even when app is CLOSED
Security researcher Will Strafach- first raised the alarm on Twitter, after uncovering an unusual portion of the app's code.

Mr Strafach- checked this against tens of thousands of other apps on the App Store and found that Uber was the only non-Apple software to include the string of data, known as an entitlement.

This gives the app permission to use abilities normally reserved for Apple's proprietary programs.

Speaking to Business Insider, he said: 'Granting such a sensitive entitlement to a third-party is unprecedented as far as I can tell.

'No other app developers have been able to convince Apple to grant them entitlements they've needed to let their apps utilise certain privileged system functionality.

'It is very odd to see Uber as the only app besides Apple's own apps granted access to this sensitive entitlement.'

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I thought they were sued and had to discontinue that???
"The more you know, the crazier you look"
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It's there for the children.

To keep them safe.
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Record? Location? Turn it off.
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It's there for the children.

To keep them safe.
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yeah, but what are you doing that you need to hide?
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yeah, but what are you doing that you need to hide?
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Expected typical liberal response...

Read the Constitution. This is wrong on many levels and in many layers. It starts the slippery slope. So does the "patriot" act.

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Record? Location? Turn it off.
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Smartphone is always watching

Can you feel it's stare, It's always there
It's lasers trace everything you do


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Record? Location? Turn it off.
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Smartphone is always watching

Can you feel it's stare, It's always there
It's lasers trace everything you do


[link to youtu.be (secure)]
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Wow, I hadn't listened to that in a while.

Pretty damn prophetic if you apply it to smartphones.
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"entitlement", isn't that a kick to the groin, ha.
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Every f..cking app is asking to use your microfon and other stuff....
When i am ready fish can have my phone
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yeah, but what are you doing that you need to hide?
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Expected typical liberal response...

Read the Constitution. This is wrong on many levels and in many layers. It starts the slippery slope. So does the "patriot" act.
 Quoting: Bright Side


Aktually, that's what the "conservatives" were saying when they were helping Bush push the PATRIOT Act on us.
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Reality check:

Most of the apps on your phone have full access to turn on your camera and microphone covertly.
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So if UBER is using the backdoor function you can guarantee that other apps etc are usings it too.
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So if UBER is using the backdoor function you can guarantee that other apps etc are usings it too.
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Thats right...
When upload the app the app will ask a permison...

Why the fuck any app want to get access to my files anyway?
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So if UBER is using the backdoor function you can guarantee that other apps etc are usings it too.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 75600105


Thats right...
When upload the app the app will ask a permison...

Why the fuck any app want to get access to my files anyway?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 75649005


There's nothing you can do about it
And so it's Power Grows
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So if UBER is using the backdoor function you can guarantee that other apps etc are usings it too.
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No, if you read the article, Uber was the ONLY app out of hundreds that has this ability that usually only iphone native apps have.
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there's that picture of mark fuckerberg with tape over the camera of his laptop
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Fuck you UBER you sick fucks with your twisted shit!

Uninstalling now

skull_fing
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Stop carrying phones, zombies.

So sick of seeing fuckers wandering around staring at screens.. mother fuckers taking selfies with their groceries as they shop.. wtf is wrong with people, fuckin retarded fucks.
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So if UBER is using the backdoor function you can guarantee that other apps etc are usings it too.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 75600105


Thats right...
When upload the app the app will ask a permison...

Why the fuck any app want to get access to my files anyway?
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 75649005


There's nothing you can do about it
And so it's Power Grows
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 52158302


I think it has to do some international laws of telecommunicationr an digitalysation they wanna know everything and by law appmaker grants a access to your phone,its sick....we are allready at Orwell state
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Stop carrying phones, zombies.

So sick of seeing fuckers wandering around staring at screens.. mother fuckers taking selfies with their groceries as they shop.. wtf is wrong with people, fuckin retarded fucks.
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Soon they make illegal to go out without smartphone
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That's probably why it comes pre-installed on android now
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yeah, but what are you doing that you need to hide?
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How about calling these guys "Sand N----" when you're riding around because they STEAL YOUR TIPS on the app.

I WORK FOR UBER.

They are the shadiest fuckers in the corporate world. They're total pieces of shit and they're run by Sand N----. They steal tips from white/black/Asian/Mexica drivers and give all the best rides/food deliveries to their Sand N------drivers.

The only reason I keep working for them is to expose their bullshit and cause problems for them.
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Most apps do that or worse... Go check out what google chrome app can do, and facebook, omg you will shit your self when you find out how much it spies on you...
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Most apps do that or worse... Go check out what google chrome app can do, and facebook, omg you will shit your self when you find out how much it spies on you...
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The WAZE app, owned by Google, is also a super spy..
Got it off my phone after using it for one trip.
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yeah, but what are you doing that you need to hide?
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How about calling these guys "Sand N----" when you're riding around because they STEAL YOUR TIPS on the app.

I WORK FOR UBER.

They are the shadiest fuckers in the corporate world. They're total pieces of shit and they're run by Sand N----. They steal tips from white/black/Asian/Mexica drivers and give all the best rides/food deliveries to their Sand N------drivers.

The only reason I keep working for them is to expose their bullshit and cause problems for them.
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The phone tapping shit is only the half of it.

THEY ARE STEALING TIPS FROM DRIVERS. You know that option to tip after the ride/delivery is over????

Well, guess what...drivers aren't receiving all of their tips on the app. The company is pocketing the tips.

I was about to post a thread about this on the forum and then the Vegas shit happened. Thanks for posting this OP. As I already knew about that shit and now I have proof thanks to this thread.

BUT, that's only half of the shady shit these fuckers are doing. I work for Uber's food delivery service called UBER EATs.

This is what UBER does:

1. They route the best deliveries to their Muslim drivers. All of the high dollar, gourmet restaurants (most likely to receive a big tip on) go to their Muslim drivers.

2. They pocket tips made on the App.

3. If you call the customer on the phone number provided on the app the next day to double check and see if they are tipping you....you are redirected to their phone line because the number they provide the previous day was simply a temporary number. This makes it impossible for you to double check with the customer the next day.



I've asked these people to see spreadsheets of their drivers with names and the restaurants they deliver for...as well as, how much they make an hour. They refuse to show you anything and say it's "internal information."
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yeah, but what are you doing that you need to hide?
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How about calling these guys "Sand N----" when you're riding around because they STEAL YOUR TIPS on the app.

I WORK FOR UBER.

They are the shadiest fuckers in the corporate world. They're total pieces of shit and they're run by Sand N----. They steal tips from white/black/Asian/Mexica drivers and give all the best rides/food deliveries to their Sand N------drivers.

The only reason I keep working for them is to expose their bullshit and cause problems for them.
 Quoting: Anonymous Coward 75054847


The phone tapping shit is only the half of it.

THEY ARE STEALING TIPS FROM DRIVERS. You know that option to tip after the ride/delivery is over????

Well, guess what...drivers aren't receiving all of their tips on the app. The company is pocketing the tips.

Here is some of the bullshit they pull. I work for their food delivery service called UBER EATS:

1. They give their best deliveries with the highest tips to their Muslim drivers. All the high dollar gourmet restaurants go to their Muslim drivers. Every once in a while they'll give a good one to a white/black/Mexican/Asian driver, but it's pretty obvious they give the good shit to their Muslim drivers.

2. If you try to contact the customer the next day to double check and see if they tipped you...you are redirected to Uber's phone line because the number you used the day before was a temporary number. They say this is to "protect the customer's privacy," but really it's just to prevent you from double checking to see if the customer is tipping you. You can get around this by explaining the situation to the customer as you make the delivery and requesting contact information so you can audit their system.
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Fuck you UBER you sick fucks with your twisted shit!

Uninstalling now

skull_fing
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Me too.





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