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Path grabs your iPhone address book
Path grabs your iPhone address book
2/8/2012
Path, an app to access the eponymous social network, uploads your entire iPhone address book to its serversThe CEO considers this "industry best practice" and OK because iOS allows it to[mclov.in]
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