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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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