IamaNigerianGuy:


Yep. It's just data. The data is faked and transmitted. Server side code simply interprets what is sent. I guess if it becomes a big enough issue, the app owners will find a way of authenticating the GPS data.
Right now, it's not obvious that they do.

GAZZUZZ:


why?

Afiahomes:

Mech without a car?

where is Sienna?

GAZZUZZ:


E go better, one day door go open i go get car, for now make i de fly bike

omoadeleye:




You are still asking why? That's nonsense na

olumzzz:

Mr Oga, how can you claim to pay 3k for an 8k trip. Even if you were to report been overcharged, you would at least have paid the 8k else driver no go let you go.
Forgive me if i don't believe your story.

Pauldollars:



Mr. Beans and Plantain. Is it a graphic picture? No.

Megir:
That is the handwork of low end Chinese android phones. Their GPS accuracies is very poor.
Most of this Operators knows and they usually deliberately go for such phones.
iPhones, Xiaomi,Oppo,HTC and Samsung are more reliable.
The management of Opay should do something about this fraud before it cripple their business.

jcmaiah:

Dunce, learn the meaning of the word privacy!

BEANSndPLANTAIN:
You should at least blur the names on the screenshot

shegzhkn:


well i agree with that , the question now is , is it good enough to penetrate backend system of OPay?

MountainView:
Please blur that name, make dem no come sue you for been stvpid and ignorant.

mychelyte:
Let me tell you their secret! It's the riders that are extorting customers, this is what they do;
Once you order a ride,immediately he spoke with you on phone to ask of your location, he will immediately clicked that he had reached the pickup location and passenger picked,of which he may be far from you sef,so they will be calculating duration and distance from the moment he clicked passenger picked up, till he reach you then take you to your destination. They do that so that their own share of the money they charged you will be high..because they are already calculating your charges from the moment he said passenger picked up.

Anytime you order for a ride and the app notify you just immediately after the rider called you but he has not gotten to where you are,call the customer care/service and ask them to cancel the order for you! Then you can place another order.

That's what they do.

mychelyte:
Let me tell you their secret! It's the riders that are extorting customers, this is what they do;
Once you order a ride,immediately he spoke with you on phone to ask of your location, he will immediately clicked that he had reached the pickup location and passenger picked,of which he may be far from you sef,so they will be calculating duration and distance from the moment he clicked passenger picked up, till he reach you then take you to your destination. They do that so that their own share of the money they charged you will be high..because they are already calculating your charges from the moment he said passenger picked up.

Anytime you order for a ride and the app notify you just immediately after the rider called you but he has not gotten to where you are,call the customer care/service and ask them to cancel the order for you! Then you can place another order.

That's what they do.

simiolu1:


I can tell you that OPay's backend is wack.

1. Their pin reset process is flawed. A pin reset token is valid for more than one pin reset request.

2. Their pin change process is flawed too. If you reset your pin and it goes through; then next time your app locks, it won't accept the new pin you changed to moments ago.

3. Their GPS location has very very bad accuracy. Uber's location system is light years better than OPay's.

I told OPay to go sack their back-end devs in a thread I did yesterday on Twitter. As usual, their customer care slid into my DM and gave me the "we will escalate to the appropriate quarters" response.

PS: I'm a software developer myself

https://twitter.com/simioluwatomi/status/1180044438040657920?s=21