doubleTwist steals users' email addresses
A couple days after installing doubleTwist Player on my phone, I received a promotional marketing email from doubleTwist sent to my primary email address. The only way doubleTwist could have gotten this email is by surreptitiously checking the Google account credentials on my phone. (At least, I think this is the only way. Correct me if I'm wrong.)
doubleTwist's Privacy Policy (http://www.doubletwist.com/privacy) says as much:
In order to provide the doubleTwist Software and certain doubleTwist Services, doubleTwist gathers and processes the following information.
Registration Information
User Profile
Feedback Information
Passive Information
E-mail addresses
Mobile phone number
Personal Data from other doubleTwist users You have added to Your friends list
We also use Your e-mail address to send You messages about the doubleTwist Services, Your doubleTwist Services account and other general announcements. We may also use Your Personal Data to contact You when necessary.
To clarify, I did not register an account with doubleTwist or explicitly grant it permission to see my email address or to email me.
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