Independent privacy assessments for 20 years and an $800k fine. Good thing we have the Government to protect us from ourselves!
Read this, read the signature, looked at the avatar... Either it's Alex Jones or one of his followers.
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The whole company should be thrown in jail for 20 years. What they did was worse than murder.
First of all, if what they did was worse than murder, they should be killed. But how is this worse than murder?
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"Early last year, the popular iOS app Path came under fire for uploading users' entire address books to company servers without alerting users or asking for authorization."
Once I read that, woah. I'm not so worried about my privacy but about all the people in my address book whose email addresses would probably be given out if I downloaded this retarded app.
But why am I the first to ask HOW Apple didn't notice this in the app review? Someone wasn't doing his job right.
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FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz. "This settlement with Path shows that no matter what new technologies emerge, the agency will continue to safeguard the privacy of Americans."
Riiiiiight...
Data mining by huge companies like Google, Apple, Facebook and others excepted of course.
Google, Apple, and Facebook actually tell the users that what data they are taking, and it's anonymous. I've already gotten into this dumb argument with someone else, so I'll just end it before it starts: Your ISP knows every URL you've ever visited, every IP address you've ever connected to. Forget about Google.
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800K in my opinion is too much. It’d probably kill the company, which would be bad for everyone.
I think it's a service to everyone to kill dirtbag companies like these. They're everywhere. According to a user above, Path also spams their users. It's like Babylon Search, the company whose products are classified as malware by some. Search "Babylon Search", and you'll only get instructions on how to delete it and a Wikipedia article. Also Bonzi Buddy. Path is spyware like Bonzi Buddy.
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Are you implying that the users who had their contacts uploaded and/or the kids younger than 13 who signed up are to blame?
Who knows. He's a conspiracy theorist. For all you know, he might think Coca Cola and Pepsi are the same company.