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Her work has appeared on Techvibes, SlashGear, Lifehack and others. Facebook Twitter. Updated on July 17, Tweet Share Email. In This Article. About the Defunct Path Mobile App. What Type of User Liked Path? Path App Features. The Demise of Path. Was this page helpful? Thanks for letting us know! Email Address Sign up There was an error. Sign up. Dent Sponsored Links. Path Path, the Facebook rival and sticker pioneer that gained a million users a week at its peak, is officially dead.

All products recommended by Engadget are selected by our editorial team, independent of our parent company. Some of our stories include affiliate links. If you buy something through one of these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. US joins international cybersecurity partnership. The problems for Path began in February when Arun Thampi, a Singapore software developer, discovered that when users sign up for the Path app, all of the data in their iPhone address book went directly to Path, causing an outcry.

In trying to connect new users to their family and close friends, Morin says that pulling in their address book and Facebook data, as a way to "recommend people to you when you joined," seemed like a good idea. After Thampi discovered the breach and wrote about it on his blog, Morin says, "We quickly changed it.

The personal data collected on servers were deleted, and now, when users join Path, they are asked permission first. It's an important one, because social networks require you being able to find your friends, and so we need to work through this as an industry.

Analyst Charlene Li, founder of the Altimeter Group, says the controversy hurt Path in the short term. The irony, Li says, is that users love Path. I've had CEOs of companies pulling it out and showing it to me. They don't dare go on Facebook, because it's so public.

But on Path, they can go and find their close friends and share with them. Even though Path is not profitable, it brings in some revenue by selling filters to improve photos taken via Path on the iPhone and Android phones, similar to efforts by photo apps Instagram and Hipstamatic.