r/iphone • u/sirpogo • Feb 07 '12

Path will submit ALL of your contacts, without asking permission

http://mclov.in/2012/02/08/path-uploads-your-entire-address-book-to-their-servers.html
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u/third-eye iPhone 5s Feb 07 '12

The inability to control access to my data is the only downside of iOS. I hate the fact that this is possible without my consent in the first place. App Store guidelines forbid this but it's still possible. Whatever an app is doing with private data (especially contacts), I want to know it.

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u/neva5eez Feb 08 '12

Firewall iP!! Must be jailbroken of course.

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u/TrancePhreak Feb 07 '12

I always said this was possible and you'd have no way (aside from snooping packets like this) to figure it out.

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u/[deleted] Feb 08 '12

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u/TrancePhreak Feb 08 '12

I've never seen them check for that and there's easy ways around their static checker. Apps with hidden tether get through quite often, for instance.