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February 8, 2012 01:43 pm GMT
There's a reason why today's news that Path was uploading its users' entire address book to its database was stunning -- all this time Path has been positioning itself as one of the good guys! Sort of an alternative to Facebook a kinder, gentler social network that only wanted to keep things between you and fifty of your closest friends, and then 150. And then ...It's sort of jarring when a social network bills itself as private, and then quietly sucks up as much data as its leading -- and notoriously data grabby -- competitor. Still, even Facebook notifies you (via iOS notifications) that it's grabbing your address book data.
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Why Path Pissed People Off
There's a reason why today's news that Path was uploading its users' entire address book to its database was stunning -- all this time Path has been positioning itself as one of the good guys! Sort of an alternative to Facebook a kinder, gentler social network that only wanted to keep things between you and fifty of your closest friends, and then 150. And then ...It's sort of jarring when a social network bills itself as private, and then quietly sucks up as much data as its leading -- and notoriously data grabby -- competitor. Still, even Facebook notifies you (via iOS notifications) that it's grabbing your address book data.Original Link: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Techcrunch/~3/-9pJcwK9Ksg/
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