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Submitted by n4gboy 96d ago | article

Any iPhone App Can Steal Your Contacts Now—Against Steve Jobs’ Will

Gizmodo: Someone found out that Path—and most probably other apps—was stealing your contacts' information from your iPhone and iPad without telling you about it. This happened because of Path's greediness, but also because Apple is not protecting your privacy as it should. (Apple, iPhone, Phones, Steve Jobs)

fatstarr  +   91d ago
seems like a big deal... this could end up bad for them in the future.

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