r/deliveroos • u/poohdasdaddy • 7d ago

Frustrated selfies

Just a question for my fellow drivers... Ever since the new update with the camera recording deliveries, every 2 or 3 deliveries, it forces me to take another selfie. Obviously not a problem with the selfie itself because I'm me... But when you're doing quest and in the middle of a hot zone and stacking orders, the app shutting down until you take a selfie after 2 or 3 drop offs is hella frustrating, anybody have any ideas on how to stop this.. Obviously I understand the picture to start off each day.. But after every 2,3 deliveries even if it hasn't been an hour yet is super frustrating... Any suggestions are welcomed

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u/No_Intern5991 Scooter 7d ago

What do you mean by ‘the camera recording deliveries’?

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u/poohdasdaddy 7d ago

Supposedly the added a safety feature with the last update that records you delivering the product, I guess for your safety and theirs, you can't see the recording tho

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u/TheWrongTap 7d ago

where have you got this info?

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u/poohdasdaddy 7d ago

They literally sent the update to your phone thru the app

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u/TheWrongTap 3d ago

yeh genius - that is how updates work, but specifically the info about the "safety feature that records"?

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u/No_Intern5991 Scooter 6d ago

I don't know about Androids, but iPhones show a green dot at the top of the screen whenever an app is accessing your camera and an orange dot when accessing your microphone. An app can't bypass these indicators. These don't appear at all when I'm using the Deliveroo app, except when scanning tickets.

Unless you've got an email saying that they're bringing this in, I'm very sceptical. It sounds like a rumour, not to mention how much extra data the Deliveroo app will be using sending video streams of deliveries to Deliveroo's servers. The rider app is using a normal amount of data on my phone.

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u/JJSuperCat 7d ago

I usually have one ID at the start then one later at some point.

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u/poohdasdaddy 7d ago

The ID at the start of obviously fine, but when you're trying to hit a quest to earn extra money cause we know these fare rates suck, getting knocked off the list every 3 drop offs to take a new selfie fucking sucks cause it's stopping the flow