Twitter Stores iPhone Users' Full Contact List For 18 Months
Do you know who has access to your private information? If you’re an iPhone user, I bet Twitter has access to more of it than you’re aware of.
By clicking the “Find Friends” feature to scan your contact list for people already on Twitter, you’ve given Twitter access to your entire contact list, and allowed them to store it in their servers for a full 18 months.
If you’ve been following the controversy around the social network Path in recent weeks, you’ll no doubt be aware that people simply do not like it when apps download private information without user consent.
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