iOS14 reveals that TikTok may snoop clipboard contents every few keystrokes

Re:iOS14 reveals that TikTok may snoop clipboard contents ev... by abc-xyz on Thursday June 25, 2020 @01:42AM (#23637273)

Maybe the Chinese government forced Apple the same way that they’re forcing them to secretly share [Chinese] users [in China] most sensitive data with the government (photos, videos, notes and everything automatically backed up by iCloud).

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Re:iOS14 reveals that TikTok may snoop clipboard contents ev... by sbuk on Thursday June 25, 2020 @04:34AM (#23638277)

You do know that iCloud isn’t owned or operated by Apple in China? Much like Microsoft/Office 365, it’s owned and operated by a state owned business. This is true of a lot of large cloud services that run in China.

I’m not saying it’s any better, or indeed worse, rather it’s an important distinction.

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Re:iOS14 reveals that TikTok may snoop clipboard contents ev... by abc-xyz on Thursday June 25, 2020 @10:40AM (#23641264)

I do and I don’t think it’s an important distinction at all.

That being said, I of course know that the Chinese government didn’t force Apple to implement this privacy violating feature, and I know that the Chinese government didn’t force Apple to allow TikTok to abuse it. But many people see Apple as a privacy conscious company thanks to its marketing, and its good to remind people that for Apple, privacy is simply a marketing gimmick.

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