Uber has been using machine-learning tools to keep pace with the crooks, relying on data coming in from millions of people using the app every day. Ting Chen, Uber‘s data science manager, said it has more than 600 different signals as red flags warning it of new scams.
These signals can come from how you search for a ride to how fast your driver is traveling during the trip to how many taps a person makes on a smartphone screen.(…)
The GPS spoofing scam was so prevalent that thieves would provide instructions on the Dark Web, Motherboard reported.