Tim Cook Met With Path's Dave Morin Over Address Book Debacle

MacRumors · Mar 15, 2012, 11:51 AM

Apple CEO Tim Cook summoned Path founder Dave Morin to Apple headquarters in Cupertino to be "grilled" by Cook and other Apple execs after it was discovered that Path was quietly uploading user's entire address books to its servers, according to an article in Bloomberg Businessweek.

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Path co-founder Dave Morin got hauled into Apple's headquarters to be grilled by Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook and other executives, according to people familiar with the meeting but not authorized by Apple to discuss it.

Path has since stated that the uploading was merely to help users find their friends on the service, but the matter has generated a change in App Store policies and a Congressional investigation.

Considering the size of the address book blowup, it isn't necessarily surprising that Morin would be requested at Apple HQ, but the public doesn't generally find out about these secret meetings.

(Photo of Dan Morin from Flickr/Joi Ito)

Article Link: Tim Cook Met With Path's Dave Morin Over Address Book Debacle

guitarman777 · Mar 15, 2012, 11:52 AM

Ouch. That's like getting called into the headmaster's office. DANG.

GeekLawyer · Mar 15, 2012, 11:55 AM

Has that kid been seen or heard from since?

Just kidding... mostly.

AppleInLVX · Mar 15, 2012, 11:56 AM

"Don't mess with the bull, young man--you'll get the horns."

johncrab · Mar 15, 2012, 12:01 PM

I bet that was a very polite, to the point punch-up for the record books. Tim was probably flanked by a dozen lawyers. Leaking this is clear setup to show Apple strongly disapproves and disavows here and that this young turk will be left twisting in the wind when it's all over. I detect anger here on the part of Apple.

smithrh · Mar 15, 2012, 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by MacRumors

Considering the size of the address book blowup, it isn't necessarily surprising that Morin would be requested at Apple HQ, but the public doesn't generally find out about these secret meetings.

Pour encourager les autres, no doubt.

whooleytoo · Mar 15, 2012, 12:07 PM

I'm guessing that THAT photo of Morin wasn't taken during/after THAT meeting!

I wonder what would happen if he refused to meet with Cook? Losing his developer account?

troop231 · Mar 15, 2012, 12:11 PM

Sounds like a privilege to me to meet with the Apple execs, regardless of the situation

agentx · 01:34 PM

I am pretty sure it was the "so public" bit and also the fact that Apple dropped the ball and did not see what the app was doing. In fact i am certain that many Apps have been pulling, accessing, storing Address Book info since iOS was released. It is a **** storm and i am sure many "updated" apps will be coming out to "fix" the problem of the Apps "taking" all your address book data !!!!
But damage is done.....any good backup system will have the data already full stored.....

Ironduke · Mar 15, 2012, 12:16 PM

Tim is gonna have his pants down

GenesisST · Mar 15, 2012, 12:22 PM

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Originally Posted by whooleytoo

I'm guessing that THAT photo of Morin wasn't taken during/after THAT meeting!

Imagine if it was Steve still in charge...

charlituna · Mar 15, 2012, 12:49 PM

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Originally Posted by whooleytoo

I wonder what would happen if he refused to meet with Cook? Losing his developer account?

Almost certainly. Heck if Cook didn't like his answers Morin still could have lost the account.

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Originally Posted by GenesisST

Imagine if it was Steve still in charge...

Probably the same result. Or perhaps forget the second chance, boot the developer and the app

Snowy_River · Mar 15, 2012, 12:51 PM

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Originally Posted by troop231

Sounds like a privilege to me to meet with the Apple execs, regardless of the situation

You know, I was thinking the same thing. So that's how you can get a private meeting with the execs...

DavidLeblond · Mar 15, 2012, 12:56 PM

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Originally Posted by GenesisST

Imagine if it was Steve still in charge...

Steve would have unhinged his jaw and swallowed the poor guy whole.

potsy4u · Mar 15, 2012, 02:00 PM

anyone want to speculate on who looks more like a mac and who looks more like a pc?

WatchTheThrone · Mar 15, 2012, 02:07 PM

Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 5_0_1 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/534.46 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.1 Mobile/9A405 Safari/7534.48.3)

Sick em Tim lol

osnipassos · Mar 15, 2012, 02:12 PM

bulls***, the Apple is going to launch a social network and will use the path.
The Path follows the style "family and friends" of Apple.

Gage · Mar 15, 2012, 02:14 PM

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Originally Posted by potsy4u

anyone want to speculate on who looks more like a mac and who looks more like a pc?

Lol glad I wasn't the only one to think of those old commercials

morespce54 · Mar 15, 2012, 02:57 PM

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Originally Posted by GenesisST

Imagine if it was Steve still in charge...

Actually, it would probably be more like "No need to get down here, we'll send a SWAT team to meet with you..."

SandynJosh · Mar 15, 2012, 05:21 PM

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Originally Posted by johncrab

I bet that was a very polite, to the point punch-up for the record books. Tim was probably flanked by a dozen lawyers. Leaking this is clear setup to show Apple strongly disapproves and disavows here and that this young turk will be left twisting in the wind when it's all over. I detect anger here on the part of Apple.

Anger would have meant that Apple was going in dry and taking all the lawyers along for the train ride.

Akarin · Mar 15, 2012, 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by MacRumors

(...) to be "grilled" by Cook and other Apple execs before being eaten with a delicious mushrooms sauce.

Fixed.

Gasu E. · Mar 16, 2012, 07:34 AM

I'm a bit confused by this. Did Path do something in violation of their developer's agreement with Apple?

igazza · Mar 16, 2012, 08:36 AM

Is Apple trying to blame path for there own security flaws ?

WordMasterRice · Mar 16, 2012, 09:18 AM

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Originally Posted by igazza

Is Apple trying to blame path for there own security flaws ?

This, I would have told Tim to stuff it.

aliasfox · Mar 16, 2012, 10:49 AM

I met Dave Morin a couple of times, when he was working for Apple Education (and I was working on behalf of Apple Ed). At least now I know I only have one step of separation between me and Apple's CEO...

Not sure if I'm still 'friends' with him on Facebook, but I remember seeing a lot of updates from him back in the day.

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agentx macrumors newbie Join Date: Jul 2009	I am pretty sure it was the "so public" bit and also the fact that Apple dropped the ball and did not see what the app was doing. In fact i am certain that many Apps have been pulling, accessing, storing Address Book info since iOS was released. It is a **** storm and i am sure many "updated" apps will be coming out to "fix" the problem of the Apps "taking" all your address book data !!!! But damage is done.....any good backup system will have the data already full stored..... Last edited by maflynn; Mar 15, 2012 at 01:34 PM. Reason: removed profanity
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guitarman777 macrumors regular Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Orlando, FL	Ouch. That's like getting called into the headmaster's office. DANG.
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GeekLawyer macrumors Demi-God Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: The post is coming from inside the house!	Has that kid been seen or heard from since? Just kidding... mostly.
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Mar 15, 2012, 12:01 PM	#5
johncrab macrumors 6502 Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Scottsdale, AZ	I bet that was a very polite, to the point punch-up for the record books. Tim was probably flanked by a dozen lawyers. Leaking this is clear setup to show Apple strongly disapproves and disavows here and that this young turk will be left twisting in the wind when it's all over. I detect anger here on the part of Apple.
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Mar 15, 2012, 02:00 PM	#15
potsy4u macrumors newbie Join Date: Mar 2012	Curious... anyone want to speculate on who looks more like a mac and who looks more like a pc?
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WatchTheThrone macrumors regular Join Date: Aug 2011	Wirelessly posted (Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 5_0_1 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/534.46 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.1 Mobile/9A405 Safari/7534.48.3) Sick em Tim lol
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osnipassos macrumors newbie Join Date: Mar 2012	bulls***, the Apple is going to launch a social network and will use the path. The Path follows the style "family and friends" of Apple.
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Gasu E. macrumors 68000 Join Date: Mar 2004	I'm a bit confused by this. Did Path do something in violation of their developer's agreement with Apple? __________________ Please stop boring me.
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Mar 16, 2012, 08:36 AM	#23
igazza macrumors 6502a Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: earth	Is Apple trying to blame path for there own security flaws ? __________________
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Mar 16, 2012, 10:49 AM	#25
aliasfox macrumors member Join Date: Jun 2004	I met Dave Morin a couple of times, when he was working for Apple Education (and I was working on behalf of Apple Ed). At least now I know I only have one step of separation between me and Apple's CEO... Not sure if I'm still 'friends' with him on Facebook, but I remember seeing a lot of updates from him back in the day.
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