Uber Drivers Hacking the System to Cause Surge Pricing

Interesting story about Uber drivers who have figured out how to game the company's algorithms to cause surge pricing: According to the study. drivers manipulate Uber's algorithm by logging out of the app at the same time, making it think that there is a shortage of cars. ... The study said drive...

Uber: Avoiding Surge Pricing

Please have a look at the video in this video link which shows the bug and helps you reproduce the same following the steps. As you can see, there is surge of 1.3x in that area. But with this bug, one can avoid the surge. To explain the video in brief First I selected Uber Go with the pickup...