socialcarpet
Banned
Actually my private contacts were published to the internet. Anyone with a browser has the potential to log into "my account". Why is there no option to hide your contacts from everyone except yourself in the security options? I never used any Google services with my Android phone, yet it was fully-functional in every way.
I checked my Windows Live contacts. There's exactly ONE contact in there and it's ME. I set the account up just to use the phone, it hasn't pulled any information from my Outlook contacts or Facebook or Gmail or any of places I actually use.
I'm not sure where your contacts are "published" on the internet, maybe there is something I'm missing though. Is there a Windows Live homepage like Facebook that I'm not aware of that has all my contacts on it, free for anyone to see?
If not, then I'm not sure what your concern is. Do you not have a gmail or a hotmail account that anyone has the "potential" to log-in to and get contact information? Or do you keep all your contacts in a little black book in a safe deposit box?
I'm sorry to make light of this, it just sounds a bit like you might be overreacting.
Maybe sleep on it and see if you still feel like there was a horrendous violation of your privacy in the morning. If you do, then by all means go buy yourself an Android phone and side load your apps and do whatever you were doing before if that makes you feel more comfortable.