Path service was found to download the entire iPhone address book on its servers
The cause of the next incident with a potential breach of security and privacy of iPhone users was the social service Path 2.0, which was noted in the annual Crunchies Awards award of the famous tehnoblog for the best design in 2011.
Path 2.0 allows you to take notes and share content simultaneously on several social networks by using mobile applications for iOS and Android. Singapore’s Ruby / iOS developer Arun Tampi, researching the behavior of the Path application, found that his smartphone’s entire address book (names, phone numbers, email addresses) was sent to the application server, and permission to access all of the records was not given the discovery of such a fact is described in detail by the author in his blog).
CEO Path Dave Morin (Dave Morin) explained the reasons for this behavior of the application in a rather standard way: the smarfton address book is used to help the user find his friends and acquaintances on social networks and "... nothing more." The company has already disabled this feature in its Android application and is soon going to do it in its iOS version.
Of course, this case hardly means scandalous disclosure of users' private information, but, nevertheless, it is very indicative. In addition to the obvious fact of transferring contact information to the Internet service, which in itself may be undesirable for one reason or another, the company-owner nevertheless acknowledged that it had a not quite reliable, although important, function and promised to take all measures to stop it. works only when referring to it by one developer.
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Path 2.0 allows you to take notes and share content simultaneously on several social networks by using mobile applications for iOS and Android. Singapore’s Ruby / iOS developer Arun Tampi, researching the behavior of the Path application, found that his smartphone’s entire address book (names, phone numbers, email addresses) was sent to the application server, and permission to access all of the records was not given the discovery of such a fact is described in detail by the author in his blog).
CEO Path Dave Morin (Dave Morin) explained the reasons for this behavior of the application in a rather standard way: the smarfton address book is used to help the user find his friends and acquaintances on social networks and "... nothing more." The company has already disabled this feature in its Android application and is soon going to do it in its iOS version.
Of course, this case hardly means scandalous disclosure of users' private information, but, nevertheless, it is very indicative. In addition to the obvious fact of transferring contact information to the Internet service, which in itself may be undesirable for one reason or another, the company-owner nevertheless acknowledged that it had a not quite reliable, although important, function and promised to take all measures to stop it. works only when referring to it by one developer.
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Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/137849/
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