TikTok app to stop accessing user clipboards after being caught in the act

Re:TikTok app to stop accessing user clipboards after being ... by wycy on Tuesday June 30, 2020 @12:42PM (#23691937)

Google Maps has a clear use case for accessing the clipboard. If Tok Tok only accessed the clipboard on launch to check for a Tik Tok URL, that might be one thing, but there's no clear reason Tik Tok would need access to the clipboard literally every 3 keystrokes.

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Re:TikTok app to stop accessing user clipboards after being ... by ebg13 on Tuesday June 30, 2020 @01:21PM (#23692423)

> Google Maps has a clear use case for accessing the clipboard.

I don't think it does. Neither application should "access" the clipboard.

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Re:TikTok app to stop accessing user clipboards after being ... by bravoetch on Tuesday June 30, 2020 @02:47PM (#23693373)

I keep reading about naughty apps and wondering will the OS ever lock this stuff down.

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Re:TikTok app to stop accessing user clipboards after being ... by aetch on Tuesday June 30, 2020 @04:36PM (#23694486)

Google maps detects copied addresses and lets you route to them in one click.

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Re:TikTok app to stop accessing user clipboards after being ... by ebg13 on Tuesday June 30, 2020 @04:44PM (#23694565)

> Google maps detects copied addresses and lets you route to them in one click.

Routing to copied addresses is not a clear use case for letting something spy on everything the user copies, because we already have an invocation for handing clipboard contents to software exactly when the user desires it. It's called the "paste" command.

At some point engineers need to stop doing things just because they can.

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Re:TikTok app to stop accessing user clipboards after being ... by monkpit on Tuesday June 30, 2020 @02:57PM (#23693492)

It’s fine if an app has a valid use case to access clipboard. I have found it really convenient myself. I think the crux of the issue is that the apps should be forced to get permission from the user first, on a per-app basis.

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Re:TikTok app to stop accessing user clipboards after being ... by justicezyx on Tuesday June 30, 2020 @02:32PM (#23693201)

What is the clear use case for "accessing the clipboard"?

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Re:TikTok app to stop accessing user clipboards after being ... by wycy on Tuesday June 30, 2020 @02:47PM (#23693368)

I assume Google accesses the clipboard to see if there's an address in there and search for it. Whether that's a good use case or not is up for debate.

Personally I was surprised to learn that apps could read directly from the clipboard at all. I would've thought that was purely managed by the system and not given to the app until actually pasted.

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Re:TikTok app to stop accessing user clipboards after being ... by monkpit on Tuesday June 30, 2020 @02:59PM (#23693509)

Why not just have granular “clipboard” permission that could be granted or denied per-app?

Personally, I like the ease-of-use I get out of google maps grabbing addresses from my clipboard. Not everyone would like it though, and that is ok. They could decline the permission request.

But I don’t want other random apps being able to grab that info without permission.

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