Re:Facebook iOS App Scrapes Your Clipboard?
by kfriede on Monday October 19, 2015 @02:07AM
(#10411377)
> My app Workflow[1] has a great workflow in its gallery that you can run from your widget to clear your clipboard if you regularly copy sensitive information.
Shameless plug, but the app looks awesome. Would be cool (if not already done) if you could plug into IFTTT to fill in features that you can't/don't want to.
Re:Facebook iOS App Scrapes Your Clipboard?
by conradev on Monday October 19, 2015 @03:47AM
(#10411654)
Definitely! I made sure to prefix it with "my" so it was clear :)
IFTTT integration is on the roadmap!
Re:Facebook iOS App Scrapes Your Clipboard?
by gurkendoktor on Monday October 19, 2015 @03:02AM
(#10411523)
Ah, so that's why my favourite dictionary app broke! :( You'd keep it running in the background, copy a word in another app, and the dictionary would post the definition & pronunciation as a local notification. So much better than share sheets and multitasking. RIP, hack!
Re:Facebook iOS App Scrapes Your Clipboard?
by chillaxtian on Monday October 19, 2015 @12:52AM
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> Apple actually improved the security of this in iOS 9 by only allowing foreground apps and extensions to read the contents of the clipboard.
very cool! was not aware of this change.
Previously, Facebook could have scraped it from the background.
Now you implicitly grant permission to read your clipboard whenever you open an app or extension.
My app Workflow[1] has a great workflow in its gallery that you can run from your widget to clear your clipboard if you regularly copy sensitive information.
[1] https://workflow.is/