Uber launches live video streaming for teen accounts

In Brief

Uber said Tuesday it is introducing a caller unrecorded video streaming diagnostic for parents to support way of their children’s information during rides. The institution said that the diagnostic volition rotation retired crossed the U.S. nationwide successful the coming weeks.

The caller unrecorded streaming diagnostic uses the driver’s selfie camera for the video feed. Once the thrust starts, the genitor oregon guardian relationship gets a notification if the video watercourse is available. If they take to ticker the stream, some the operator and the teen are notified.

Uber said that lone parents’ oregon guardians’ accounts linked to the teen’s relationship tin look astatine the unrecorded stream. There is nary opt-out for others who mightiness beryllium traveling with the teen to not look connected the unrecorded feed.

Once the thrust ends, nary one, including the driver, the teen, oregon the genitor oregon the guardian, has entree to the video. While Uber said the video is “encrypted,” it is not wide if it’s end-to-end encrypted, meaning that Uber would not beryllium capable to entree the recording. A spokesperson for Uber did not accidental erstwhile asked by TechCrunch.

The institution said that the diagnostic is unrecorded successful 9 markets, including Atlanta, Cleveland, Rhode Island, and others. Over the coming weeks, it volition beryllium disposable crossed the full United States.

Uber archetypal debuted teen accounts successful the U.S. successful 2023, and since past it has expanded the diagnostic to much than 50 countries.

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