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Re:Why being invited to try Circle made me think about a who... by OafTobark on Monday December 09, 2013 @11:03AM (#6874869)
I think the biggest problem I am reading here is the author making a bunch of assumptions about what the app does or doesn't do without even trying it out at all.
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Re:Why being invited to try Circle made me think about a who... by bazzargh on Monday December 09, 2013 @11:33AM (#6875007)
This morning I spoke to someone who had installed it; it had SMSd everyone in her contacts, and she was understandably not too happy. It's not just an assumption that they're misusing permissions.

You are asking the author to assume that apps that ask for broad permissions are trustworthy. There have been far too many counterexamples for that position to be tenable.

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