{"id":3407,"date":"2017-03-14T16:52:54","date_gmt":"2017-03-14T16:52:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/?p=3407"},"modified":"2017-03-14T16:52:54","modified_gmt":"2017-03-14T16:52:54","slug":"uber-launches-selfie-powered-real-time-id-check-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/2017\/03\/14\/uber-launches-selfie-powered-real-time-id-check-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Uber launches selfie powered Real-Time ID check in India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For the security of both riders and drivers, cab-aggregator Uber has launched a Real-Time ID Check in India that prompts drivers to take a selfie before they accept rides.<!--more--><br \/>\nThe latest security feature using Microsoft Cognitive Services to instantly compare selfie to the one corresponding with the account on file.<\/p>\n<p>According to a Uber blog post on Monday, this feature prevents fraud and protects drivers\u2019 accounts from being compromised.<\/p>\n<p>If the driver\u2019s selfie does not match with the photo registered in his\/her account, the account gets temporarily blocked while Uber looks into the situation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt also protects riders by building another layer of accountability into the app to ensure the right person is behind the wheel. We believe this new initiative will go a long way in keeping our riders and drivers in the city safe and our rides reliable like never before,\u201d said Joe Sullivan, Chief Security Officer, Uber.<\/p>\n<p>The feature is available in New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangaluru, Hyderabad and Kolkata.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>IANS<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Picture source: Alamy Image<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Picture used for illustrative purposes alone<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the security of both riders and drivers, cab-aggregator Uber has launched a Real-Time ID Check in India that prompts drivers to take a selfie before they accept rides.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":3408,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[29,91],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3407"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3407"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3407\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3409,"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3407\/revisions\/3409"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kt10.khaleejtimes.ae\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}