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A comment on Twitter says an attacker used its API to match usernames to phone numbers. Parent comment

Re:Twitter says an attacker used its API to match usernames ... by funfhander on Thursday February 06, 2020 @12:11AM (#22253581)
I made the choice for Apple to have my contacts by buying an iPhone. If I didn't want Apple to have my contacts (as I do not want Google or Facebook to have mine) I would have not bought an iPhone.
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Re:Twitter says an attacker used its API to match usernames ... by Diti on Thursday February 06, 2020 @03:59AM (#22254595)
Personally, I made the choice for Apple NOT to have my contacts (by entirely disabling iCloud). The only company I accept handling my contacts is the one I paid (Fastmail).
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Re:Twitter says an attacker used its API to match usernames ... by johnebgd on Thursday February 06, 2020 @01:30AM (#22253889)
Apple doesn’t get all your contacts.

Your local Apple device has a messaging app (iMessage) that can see all the contacts on it.

iCloud puts contacts on Apple servers.

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