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A Better Path for Apps: Respecting Users and Their Privacy
Posted: February 9th, 2012, 8:49pm CET by Digg
Earlier this week, a Singapore-based iOS software developer made a startling discovery while working with the popular social-networking app Path: in the course of every new account creation, Path uploads the new user’s entire iPhone address book to their servers. To its credit, Path responded quickly, with its CEO and co-founder Dave Morin explaining that they use the address book data for “friend-finding” and “nothing more.” He also asserted that this technique was an industry standard for social iOS apps.