{"id":6130,"date":"2022-04-01T06:13:54","date_gmt":"2022-04-01T10:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/?p=6130"},"modified":"2022-09-09T16:59:04","modified_gmt":"2022-09-09T20:59:04","slug":"what-is-ubers-verify-your-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/2022\/04\/01\/what-is-ubers-verify-your-ride\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is Uber\u2019s \u201cVerify Your Ride\u201d?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/Uber-app-Charge.jpg\" alt=\"verify your ride\" class=\"wp-image-6131\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Do you want to set up an extra layer of protection against fraud on your Uber account? Have you ever worried about getting in the correct Uber vehicle? Then Uber\u2019s \u201cVerify Your Ride\u201d is for you!<br><br> \u201cVerify Your Ride\u201d is a PIN verification feature unique to the Uber app that provides an optional extra layer of protection when using Uber\u2019s ride services. Most importantly, \u201cVerify Your Ride\u201d ensures you are getting into the right vehicle with the right driver. Opting into this feature is simple!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4>Setting up \u201cVerify Your Ride\u201d<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>1. Open the app.<br>\n2. Go to &#8220;Settings&#8221;.<br>\n3. Tap &#8220;Verify Your Ride&#8221;.<br>\n4. Tap to toggle on Use PIN to verify rides and then select every ride or only\nat night.<br>\n5. Tap done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you have set up Uber\u2019s verification feature, you will be able to choose if you would like to use the PIN on all trips or just trips at night (between 9 PM to 6 AM).<br> <br>Using \u201cVerify Your Ride\u201d is a pretty easy process. Whenever you request a ride, you will receive a unique 4-digit PIN. Before you enter your driver&#8217;s vehicle, tell them your PIN; if they are the driver the app matched you with, they&#8217;ll be able to start the trip after they enter your PIN into their app.<br> <br>While Uber has made traveling much simpler, there are always those who may try to take advantage of the system. Using Uber\u2019s \u201cVerify Your Ride\u201d helps to cut down on the risk of getting into the wrong vehicle or having someone else hack into your account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you find someone posing as an Uber driver,\ncall Uber\u2019s Critical Safety Response line immediately. The number is 800-353-8237.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Remember,\n\u201cVerify Your Ride\u201d is an opt-in service that you need to turn on to use, you can\nalso turn it off at any point.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you want to set up an extra layer of protection against fraud on your Uber account? Have you ever worried about getting in the correct Uber vehicle? Then Uber\u2019s \u201cVerify Your Ride\u201d is for you! \u201cVerify Your Ride\u201d is a PIN verification feature unique to the Uber app that provides an optional extra layer [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":6131,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[116,6],"tags":[1767,1768,1766,37,1764,1765],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6130"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6130"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6130\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6268,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6130\/revisions\/6268"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}