[jrnkntl]

That makes sense, but I'd like to see some more transparent feedback with regards to my privacy then.

Something like: "We need to send your Twitter/Facebook stream to our servers to work our magic and present you only the signal instead of the noise"

[mchapman87501]

Finally tripped across their privacy policy and terms of use: http://www.flipboard.com/privacy http://www.flipboard.com/terms

They may use personally identifiable information to send "marketing or promotional materials," so perhaps that's how they plan to make money.

[smackfu]

I finally got the facebook part to work and they ask for every privilege you could imagine, including "access your info when you are not using the app". Too bad.