Hipster (like Path) uploads your address book emails to its servers
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Hipster (like Path) uploads your address book emails to its servers
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#2Unbelievable.
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#3Making a prediction:
When you wake up tomorrow morning, the front page will be filled with stories like these about every type of app you can think of. It will only get worse from here.
Re: Hipster (like Path) uploads your address book emails to its servers
#4Making a prediction: When you wake up tomorrow morning, the front page will be filled with stories like these about every type of app you can think of. It will only get worse from here.
I have little doubt. My only question/interest is - what is the most high-profile and also the most odd-ball app/company that will be found to have done this.
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#5Thank goodness Apple is scrutinizing all these apps. I definitely like my walled garden well curated.
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#6This is, of course, happening in a lot of apps and websites. I wrote a quick note about making it easier to understand TOS here: http://clearsignal.posterous.com/do-we-value-our-laundry-mor.... Within minutes, olefoo pointed out that http://khulaproject.com/ has already tried. Seems like something that could help.
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#7As an iOS developer, I've been surprised all along that the SDK gives you full access to the address book without asking for permission (like Core Location and the Apple Push Notification Service). I've always thought that would one day change, and I suspect that posts like this and the one about Path will make that happen.
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#8What the hell, I definitely don't want some random app I installed getting access to my contacts, phone numbers, private notes and more.
FARK.
Re: Hipster (like Path) uploads your address book emails to its servers
#9Making a prediction: When you wake up tomorrow morning, the front page will be filled with stories like these about every type of app you can think of. It will only get worse from here.
Worse is an interesting choice of words .... if a bunch of companies get shamed into respecting people's privacy then that's great, and if it gets the ball rolling and triggers the wrath of app stores ... that's even better.
Re: Hipster (like Path) uploads your address book emails to its servers
#10Surprise! Likewise, Instagram uploads your contact list to their servers (phone numbers, names, emails) to help find friends (confirmed with mitmproxy as well). At least you have to click "Find from my contact list" first.
This practice is super-common. The last ordeal around this was a year or so ago with Kik, but then everyone stopped caring. At least Instagram is over https.