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« on: February 09, 2012, 07:00:04 am »

Like Path, Hipster Also Uploads Your Address Book To Its Servers Without Telling Users

Social networking app Path hit the headlines yesterday after it turned out the company was taking users’ entire address books and uploading them to their servers. It’s a big privacy violation, but Path’s hardly the only one doing this. In fact, computer engineering professor Mark Chang has just discovered that Hipster, the popular photo-filter postcards [...]Related StoriesUse The Skyfire Browser To Watch Flash Videos On Your iOS Devices [iOS Tip]Path Apologizes, Issues Update Making Accessing Your Address Book Opt-InTweetbot For iPad Now Available In The App Store, Get Downloading!iPad 3 Back Panel Hints At Bigger Battery, Updated Camera, New Display [Rumor]Creating An App Store For Your Company Just Got Easier… And Free

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