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> Black cab drivers argue that the app poses a risk to public safety and customers being overcharged, with no opportunity to challenge fares before the money is automatically taken out of their bank accounts.

Personally, I'd rather be overcharged in an Uber where I have a GPS trace of the route and an ability to challenge the fare, than a black cab where you only have a driver telling you to pay a certain amount.


>before the money is automatically taken out of their bank accounts

An excellent reason to use credit cards and not debit cards.


BBC[1] are reporting it was a "configuration problem", no hack

[1] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-30996928


"Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by a configuration problem."


This should be at the top.


Yeah - kind of. The BBC's Panorama show (kind of linked to BBC News, but long documentaries) has had special access to his rehabilitation over the last year, that special airs tonight.


Works great! Would be awesome to add more tracks collaboratively once in the playlist.


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