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by nonrandomstring 523 days ago
No idea mate. I know the square root of bollocks-all about smartphones as don't do them. But I love your question. There's lots in there.

> Is Uber illegally tracking devices ?

"Is Uber..." Or is some entity that serves that "find my account function"?

"...illegally..." This is about Europe. But also when, because lots of of legislation hitting now or soon.

"...tracking devices" Tying account to device CPU, fingerprint, some cookie?" (a million ways to do that) or something else? Each might impact a different law like using GPS or SSIDs for position, versus storing something in memory?

My answer. Probably. Whatchyagonado?