Issue: I have a lot of random people in my phone contacts who I don’t really know, and I just have saved as something like “Dave the plumber” or “kitchen quote guy” etc.
I’ve just noticed that if they have a Monzo account, I can tap on them in the Payments section, and see their full name. This feels like a big privacy breach to me.
Details to reproduce: Tap any contact in Payments, see their full name.
OS: iOS 12.4.1
Device: iPhone X
App Version: TF 2.62 b555
It is mentioned when you enable payments with friends/contacts. It could be made more obvious I guess. Same thing happens with WhatsApp etc.
Where is that screen? It’s not in the flow when you turn on contacts on iOS
Settings > Payments with friends > Top right question mark
Wow, that’s buried real good. I’d personally want to see this front-and-centre when you’re enabling contact access.
Don’t forget that it works the other way, too. Some random person you had a phone conversation with 10 years ago could have your full name if they have a Monzo account and have saved your details.
Very true! I’d love to be able to have contacts disabled, and for that giant box begging for contact access to go away. Why so thirsty, Monzo?
We should be able to select which contacts we want to add. Full stop.
I’m surprised as to why selecting which contacts wasn’t just built in from the start.
Just to add to this - there doesn’t appear to be a help article on “Profile privacy” or on “Monzo contacts”. There really should be.
