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If you use a ride-sharing service such as Lyft or Uber, what precautions do you take to avoid being kidnapped or worse?
I’m watching an episode of Gone.
In this one, a young woman is drugged and kidnapped by a guy, who she thinks is a driver for a ride-sharing company that she’s using.
What would be some good methods of verifying that the driver is the one assigned for your ride?
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