This is both funny and a serious invasion of privacy. Path keeps on stepping into it because they are hell bent in using web 2.0 tactics to get customers. The smartphone is a very personal and intimate device completely different than a desktop or laptop and when you loose the trust of people who have invited you into their homes, you will not get a second chance. Path has been struggling for a while but for the last few months I have been noticing a lot of PR articles talking about their growth, especially outside of the US. My guess is that their VC probably said fuck it! We can ask for forgiveness later!
When a company is this small and shows no regard for privacy we better hope that it falls in the deadpool because if they get to scale, we are going to get to hear a lot more of these invasive tactics. I really hoped for path to put a dent into Facebook's growth but not anymore!
When a company is this small and shows no regard for privacy we better hope that it falls in the deadpool because if they get to scale, we are going to get to hear a lot more of these invasive tactics. I really hoped for path to put a dent into Facebook's growth but not anymore!