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(simplify ContactEmail and ContactTelephone interfaces to common ContactField (similar but simpler than W3C), use ContactField on impp & url for more consistency, future consideration / feature request)
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== Issues ==
== Issues ==
=== permissions and privacy ===
=== permissions and privacy ===
See: [[WebAPI/Security/Contacts]]
iOS Apps had a major embarrassment with the disclosure that apps like Path were automatically uploading your address book to their servers. More here:
iOS Apps had a major embarrassment with the disclosure that apps like Path were automatically uploading your address book to their servers. More here:


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We need a permissions/privacy model for ContactsAPI that is better and reflects user expectations. For now we're going with a whitelist for implementation purposes.
We need a permissions/privacy model for ContactsAPI that is better and reflects user expectations. For now we're going with a whitelist for implementation purposes.


This is an open issue and needs some UI/UX flows figured out from which we will add to the API accordingly.  
This is an open issue and needs some UI/UX flows figured out from which we will add to the API accordingly.


=== W3C DAP Contacts ===
=== W3C DAP Contacts ===
canmove, Confirmed users
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