iOS14 reveals that TikTok may snoop clipboard contents every few keystrokes

Re:iOS14 reveals that TikTok may snoop clipboard contents ev... by jborichevskiy on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @06:53PM (#23634773)

> I've never seen one of these app-specific paste widgets

IIRC having an address (or address-looking string) in your clipboard will cause it to show up as the first result on the search screen in Google Maps.

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Re:iOS14 reveals that TikTok may snoop clipboard contents ev... by guug on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @08:47PM (#23635570)

So google also sends the contents of my clipboard to their servers when I use their app? Wonderful.

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Re:iOS14 reveals that TikTok may snoop clipboard contents ev... by xvector on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @09:06PM (#23635722)

I can't imagine being one of the PMs/higher-ups that decided to allow clipboard content to be shared willy-nilly like this. Like, what must be going through their minds when they make decisions like this? "User experience at all costs?" Seems contrary to their stance on privacy.

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Re:iOS14 reveals that TikTok may snoop clipboard contents ev... by anchpop on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @11:32PM (#23636615)

Personally I couldn't care less about google seeing whatever junk I sometimes have in my clipboard if it means I can more quickly go to the address I'm looking for

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Re:iOS14 reveals that TikTok may snoop clipboard contents ev... by guug on Thursday June 25, 2020 @08:46PM (#23647551)

and I'm sure there are many who couldn't care less about the malware running on their windows machine as long as they can browse facebook. What's your point?

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