Whether or not the practice is standard in the industry, as Morin claimed to Techcrunch, is beside the point. It’s skirting illegality in some countries where Path is available, and it’s pretty blatantly against Path’s own principles as laid out in their About page.

“Path should be private by default. Forever. You should always be in control of your information and experience.”

According to Morin, in a mere two weeks you will be.