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		spullara on Feb 7, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Path uploads your entire iPhone address book to it... This is because the photos contain GPS data about where they were taken.

reidmain on Feb 7, 2012 [–]

Ah that would make sense. So that would mean that if you turn off location services any app could access your asset library without any prompt then. Good to know.

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