Currently, there is a heads-up notification to indicate that you are a passenger. So if you're using your phone as a passenger, you can dismiss it right away.
Going forward, we're researching ideas on how to tell the difference.
We're trying to maintain everyone's privacy while offering a helpful service. Some ways that we are doing that include
- In the app, the user has a white list to manage who can request location and availability data.
- Maintaining as much data on the phone as possible (versus sending it to the cloud).
Having something for accountability (besides fighting one's own addiction) is helpful.
I've found myself responding at stop lights, which inevitably means finishing a text after the light turns green.
It looks like this app does a good job of communicating the most important statuses on the user's behalf, removing that responsibility.