Parents can now watch their teen’s Uber ride live, through the driver’s phone

Uber is rolling out live video streaming of teen rides in the US, using the driver’s phone as the camera and sending the feed to linked parent accounts. Other passengers in the car appear on the stream and are given no way to opt out.

Uber is putting a camera in the car, and it belongs to the driver. The company is rolling out live video streaming of teen rides in the US, taking the feed from the driver’s own phone rather than any installed hardware.

It is live in nine markets including Atlanta and Cleveland, with a nationwide rollout promised over the coming weeks.

The controls are reasonable as far as they go. A linked parent gets a notification and chooses whether to open the stream, and both the driver and the teenager are told when someone is watching.

One group was not consulted. Anyone else riding in the...

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