Parents can now watch their teen’s Uber ride live, through the driver’s phone
THE SO WHAT
Live-streamed teen rides trade driver and passenger privacy for parental assurance—this is surveillance as a feature, not a bug. Any mobility or marketplace operator adding cameras or telemetry should assume regulators will treat them as data controllers for everyone in the vehicle, not just the account holder.
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