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Warning, iDrive Lite Spams All Your Gmail Contacts Without Your Permission

By Chris Walters on July 9, 2009 5:46 PM 56 Comments

—>Don't install the iPhone app iDrive Lite if you value the privacy of your contact list. Avi Muchnick, one of the developers behind the free, consumer-friendly online graphics suite Aviary, used iDrive to backup his Gmail contact list when switching to a new phone. The next day, he awoke to discover that iDrive's parent company, Pro Softnet Corp, had spammed every single entry in his contact list without his permission. More »