So l closed the app then opened again to see if it would still ask for my address book info. I think they need to add a lot more detailed info on what is being done with everyone’s contact info! It continues with a short list of em… what they admit to doing with all your info (and the info of friends and family) that you’ve allowed them access to. A copy of the phone numbers and names in your address book (but not emails, notes or any other personal information in your address book) will be stored on our servers…” “When you install the Viber App and register on the Site, you will be asked to provide us with your phone number and to allow us access to your mobile device’s address book (collectively, “Personal Information”). Have a look at their privacy policy here. When you click “Ok” it returns you back to the previous screen which is giving you a choice of “don’t allow” that they won’t accept! So to install this app you MUST allow them to save your entire address book contacts on their servers. I clicked “Don’t Allow” and then it prompted this… Here’s a screenshot of what you are prompted with on first install… Legal? Well for one thing the Israeli founded company is registered in Cyprus, where a lot of online gambling companies register. When you first install Viber on your iPhone or Android it will prompt you to allow access your address book, if allowed Viber not only saves your phone number and details but they ALSO saves the phone numbers and contact info of all your contacts! This is without the knowledge of those on your contact list. To investigate I installed it today and within a few seconds I discovered a lot of alarming stuff about how they gather everyone’s contact info and I do mean everyone. I even checked Google Play on my Android (it has a very handy list of ALL apps ever installed on your Android) and Viber was no where to be found! So my question, where & how did they get “my” contact info and why am I listed as a “Viber” when I’ve never even heard of the app!? I was like, “what?!” How is that possible and we tried calling my listed Viber contact to see what if anything would ring. Recently (original article 2013), I became aware of Viber only because my wife used it to talk to her sister and on her smartphone it showed me already listed as a Viber user. What about yours? Find out now and see why this is important. 81% of all smartphones are powered by Linux. Keep tabs on the ever changing privacy policy. Its up to each user if this is ok or not. Viber continues to scan and also save your contacts’ phone numbers from your address book on their servers. However, unlike other apps, which only scan your contacts. Try making your app better so then people will want to use it more, instead of bombarding them with notices to turn on notification.Update: Over the past couple of months Viber has been modifying their privacy policy to help increase user confidence. Instead of constantly trying to get people to turn on notification and use your app more, maybe you should use that energy on fixing the problems in your app. Really? What is the point of the notification button if you’re just going to constantly pester me after I already turned it off. But what makes it really annoying is that they are not focused on fixing their problems fast enough, However, they certainly spent a lot of time making sure the app is constantly I’m trying to get you to turn on the notification. In general, Viber has a lot of little glitches here and there. And this makes it particularly annoying during the late night/early morning when I’m trying to sleep. I have do not disturb mode set up on my iPhone at night. In addition, even blocked numbers are ringing. Nothing shows up on the screen (unless you open the app), just a ringtone. Yet, incoming calls are still ringing with that annoying Viber ringtone. I have the notifications set to off in both iPhone settings and the app.
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