X
Community Buzz
Create group
Help
About ThatsToday
Path Uploads Your Address Book To Their Servers
Path Uploads Your Address Book To Their Servers
2/7/2012
An iOS developer has made a surprising and somewhat alarming discovery about the iPhone app published by social network Path. Arun Thampi of Singapore was digging around in Path when he discovered that the app uploads the entire contents of …
Full story: WebProNews Feed
Similar articles
TechCrunch
Path Uploads Your iPhone’s Address Book To Their Servers Without A Peep
What started as a bit of aimless tinkering for developer Arun Thampi ultimately unearthed something very surprising about life-sharing service Path. As a fan of the app, Thampi took it upon himself to...
Gizmodo
Path Uploads Your Entire Address Book to Its Servers Without Your Explicit Permission [Path]
#path While searching for a way to create an OS X app for Path's social network, hacker Arun Thampi stumbled on to something that could raise privacy i...
ReadWriteWeb
The Price of Free: Path Uploads Entire Address Book To Its Servers
Path is a lovely app. It pushes all the right buttons. It's mobile, it's tactile, it's personal, it's full of people we love and moments that matter to us. It makes us feel good. It's got all the gre...
TheNextWeb.com
Path 2 uploads your address book, but says it’s to ‘match friends’ and will be opt-in soon
Developer Arun Thampi was doing a bit of hacking around with Path 2, trying to get a version of it running on OS X as an experiment, when he discovered that...
Alltop RSS
Path 2 uploads your address book, but says it’s to ‘match friends’ and will be opt-in soon
Developer Arun Thampi was doing a bit of hacking around with Path 2, trying to get a version of it running on OS X as an experiment, when he discovered that...
All Things Digital
Path Apologizes for and Removes Automatic User Address Book Uploads
Personal social network Path got called out yesterday for automatically uploading users' address books to its servers. Now the company has formally apologized and introduced a fix. CEO Dave Morin wrot...
Comments on this article
Add your comment
Report
Latest from WebProNews Feed
WebProNews Feed
Can Search Save Yahoo?
To say that Yahoo has had its share of problems in the past few years is an understatement. The most recent news of the now form...
WebProNews Feed
Obama Divorce Story: New Bio Garnering Rumors
A new book about the life of President Obama could reveal some juicy tidbits about his marriage, but his camp is firmly denying ...
WebProNews Feed
Gay DC Character Headed to the Comic Book Universe
Gay DC character: Who will it be? At this point in time, legendary comic book company DC — you know, Batman, Superman, Won...
WebProNews Feed
Keira Knightly Congratulated by Twitter
Fan reaction to news of actress Keira Knightley’s recent engagement has been mixed, to say the least. We’ve already ...
WebProNews Feed
Absinthe 2.0: How to Jailbreak Your iPhone
iPhone, iPad, and iPod users who want to use their devices more freely have always been in a race with Apple to keep ahead of up...
WebProNews Feed
Calcium Supplements Could Pose Heart Risks
It’s easy to get enough calcium these days. Dairy products are often fortified with the stuff. The elderly, especially pos...
WebProNews Feed
Student Loans With Fixed Rates Could Spur Growth
The Fitch Group announced this week that it believes fixed-rate private student loans just might be the answer to kick-starting ...
WebProNews Feed
Student Loans With Fixed Rates Could Help Lenders
The Fitch Group announced this week that it believes fixed-rate private student loans just might be the answer to kick-starting ...
WebProNews Feed
Warren Buffett Declares Free News Unsustainable
When Warren Buffett speaks, Wall Street listens. The 81-year-old Chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway has used his keen busine...
WebProNews Feed
Are Google’s Results Better Today Than They Were 5 Years Ago?
According to Google CEO Larry Page, you’d be astounded by how bad Google search was 5 years ago. Do you think Google is si...
Sponsored links
© 2008-2010 ThatsToday.com
Contact
About ThatsToday
Help
Terms
Make this my home page
Language:
Eng
/
Sve
/
Ger
Community Buzz
Create group
Sitemap
ThatsToday.com
Sign up
Sign In
Sign In
E-mail address
Password
Forgot your password?
Remember me
Facebook Login
Close
Forgot your password?
Enter your login e-mail below. We will send you an email with a link how to get a new one.
E-mail address: