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Re:LinkedIn is not using email contacts to find people who h... by Spearchucker on Friday February 21, 2014 @06:27AM (#7276434)
This question ("...but ever?") is a good one. How many people balk at sharing their contact list with LinkedIn, and yet install apps from LinkedIn and also WhatsApp, Facebook or PayPal on their phones, all of which access the contact list anyway?
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Re:LinkedIn is not using email contacts to find people who h... by blueskin_ on Friday February 21, 2014 @07:40AM (#7276646)
I'd never install such apps. I once had the Facebook one, long, long ago, but nuked it when the update wanted mic/camera access (and now it wants to read people's SMS on top of that...).
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Re:LinkedIn is not using email contacts to find people who h... by SideburnsOfDoom on Friday February 21, 2014 @06:35AM (#7276458)
ever may be hyperbole.

An email client has a good use for it. A chat app may too. In the general case, no. It's definitely something to be very wary of.

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Re:LinkedIn is not using email contacts to find people who h... by mikeash on Friday February 21, 2014 @06:50AM (#7276502)
On iOS, at least, it will ask if you want to allow it access to your contacts, and you can just say no.
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