Facebook, Flickr, others accused of reading text messages | ZDNet: "Since the Path debacle, Facebook and Twitter later became embroiled in the privacy row, whereby contact list data was uploaded to their servers.
Apple responded by rolling out a fix — thought to be currently in development, though no definitive date on when the fix will reach consumers — which would require explicit user consent before contact list information was accessed.
But as terms and conditions are often criticised for being overly complicated and lengthy, the vast majority of users unwittingly allow such actions through accepting such terms."
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Apple responded by rolling out a fix — thought to be currently in development, though no definitive date on when the fix will reach consumers — which would require explicit user consent before contact list information was accessed.
But as terms and conditions are often criticised for being overly complicated and lengthy, the vast majority of users unwittingly allow such actions through accepting such terms."
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