Apple: Apps Accessing Address Book Data Will Require Explicit User Approval
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Apple: Apps Accessing Address Book Data Will Require Explicit User Approval
Apple has finally responded to the address book privacy issue that was raised when a Singapore based developer discovered that Path - the personal life-sharing service with more than 2 million users uploads the address book to their servers.
AllThingsD reports that Apple has informed them that apps that use address book data will have to explicit take permission from users.
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Thats good about Apple IOS, whenever any issues the fixes will be upcoming sooner than Android.
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most ignorant comment and ill-informed
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Care to elaborate on that?My wife's phone is a Nexus S, I have read the Android User Manual and still find it hard to use compared to IOS. There are so many things that seem to be too difficult to do, I just say to the wife "Here, have the stupid thing!" and the iPhone or iPad wins every time for me.
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yup setting up an iPhone is easy. Setting up an android phone is "educational", but you soon find your way around. I'm due for an upgrade soon and not sure wether to go brain dead or Android. I don't like Apples control freak nature so Android is looking more promising.
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and then the congressman object on the other hand.
