undefined | Better HN

0 pointsmrtksn12y ago0 comments

By mobile you mean Android. In IOS, apps needs to explicitly ask the user to access the contacts after installing the app.

0 comments

2 comments · 1 top-level

mpclark12y ago· 1 in thread

Ha, yes, yes I mean Android. I'd heard there was another mobile OS out there, but haven't ever used it.

So I wonder if there's a measurable difference in the Linkedin graphs of iOS and Android users as a result of this? I guess only Linkedin knows...

Well, technically iOS only implemented the controls in the last year or two after the hubub with Path harvesting contacts:

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse