The anger over the revelation that hot social network Path uploads users’ entire address books to their servers continues at breakneck speed, with another network, Hipster, caught in the crosshairs for doing the exact same thing, and some saying that Path’s approach to data could run afoul of Euro data-privacy laws. One ZDNet writer puts it this way: “I’m getting off the Path until they delete ALL the data and start over.”
zachvaughn asks: So if Pabst moves to LA, is this proof they truly are the hipster beer?
» We say: It’s possible, although I imagine some residents of the Mission District in San Francisco, or perhaps the Brooklyn neighborhood of Williamsburg, might want a word with you. -Seth @ SFB
» A really clichéd calling card: While not giving much away, the use of UseHipster.com appears to be ironic. Some might even say … detached. All that exists is a startup page of an aerial urban image that changes based on your proximity to NYC or San Francisco (or Atlanta or Chicago … The Washington Post lied! – thanks lemonpeelclock) – the two cities where whatever idea they have is going to launch. ”I think we might have perfected the viral ‘Coming Soon’ page,” said founder Doug Ludlow, who is wrong.
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