Network path accesses from users address book

The mobile online platform path has only a few weeks after its launch a breach of privacy to fight with. Arun Thampi of the developers stated that the path app without warning is uploaded the entire address book of its smartphones on the server of entirely. The company confirmed this.Path co-founder and CEO Dave Morin asked for forgiveness in a blog post: We have made a mistake. All data from address books had been deleted.Path took the uploaded data so that users could more easily find their friends in the network. The next version of the app the user will consent for this.Path is a mobile application for smartphones, which functions as a social network. Users can share there - similar to pictures and videos or their activities such as Facebook or Twitter-.The startup company was touted as next star among the social networks. The data Sammelwut now known could however significantly slow the popularity. So far about path has been downloaded 1.5 million times, according to other sources, the network should have approximately two million users.