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		<title>Facebook didn&amp;apos;t do what Path does</title>
		<dateCreated>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:10:50 GMT</dateCreated>
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		<ownerName>Dave Winer</ownerName>
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			<outline created="Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:04:49 GMT" pgfnum="12662" text="I've heard people say it privately, and in random comments here and there, that Facebook was already doing what Path was caught doing. Because it hadn't been said publicly, I didn't have anything I felt I could respond to. But now there's an &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.pcworld.com/article/249633/path_to_forgiveness_after_apology_a_hard_sell.html&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; at PC World that at least &lt;i&gt;leans&lt;/i&gt; toward saying that what Path is doing with address books on the iPhone is nothing more than what Facebook did with their iPhone app.">
				<outline text="Sure, in the age of Facebook the definition of privacy has changed. People are more willing to publicly share everyday moments and other information than ever before. That's great, but that does not mean a user's personal contact database is literally an open book."></outline>
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			<outline created="Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:05:54 GMT" pgfnum="12663" text="I checked with &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Hewitt_%28programmer%29&quot;&gt;Joe Hewitt&lt;/a&gt;, the guy who wrote the iPhone app for Facebook and asked if they did what Path is doing. He said no. It was unequivocal. ">
				<outline created="Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:08:16 GMT" pgfnum="12664" text="I believe the Facebook app does it only as an opt-in.  You have to find and click the &quot;Address Book Sync&quot; button.  I may be wrong and it may have changed.  I can say for sure they don't just silently transmit your address book like Path does."></outline>
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			<outline created="Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:10:04 GMT" pgfnum="12665" text="Since Joe left Facebook a few months ago, he asked me to make it clear that he can't vouch for what they're doing now. "></outline>
			<outline created="Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:15:37 GMT" pgfnum="12667" text="BTW, when I quote a programmer like this, it's because I know him, and trust him. Joe and I may disagree on some things, but I would never question his ability as a developer or his honor. This came up the other day on Twitter when I quoted Brent Simmons on something he told me about iOS. I feel the same way about Brent as I do about Joe. Both are first class pros, and their word is beyond questioning. "></outline>
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			<outline created="Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:17:19 GMT" pgfnum="12668" text="&lt;a href=&quot;http://inessential.com/2012/02/09/super-quiet_non-understanding&quot;&gt;Brent says&lt;/a&gt; that as an iOS developer he wouldn't read a user's address book without asking first, and he doesn't know any iOS developers who would either. So if we condone what Path has done, we're giving them an advantage that other developers are not willing to take. In other words, we've bet on the wrong horse. "></outline>
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