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

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Post by shadykiller » Tue, Jun 30, 2020, 3:43 PM UTC

TikTok app to stop accessing user clipboards after being caught in the act
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Post by jacknews » Tue, Jun 30, 2020, 4:06 PM UTC

but what's next?

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Post by nickthegreek » Tue, Jun 30, 2020, 4:10 PM UTC

I'm happy that ios14 is adding more transparency on whats apps are accessing like this clipboard situation. I'd love to see more of these, like camera roll and mic access.

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Post by grecy » Tue, Jun 30, 2020, 4:12 PM UTC

I recently made the change in Firefox on macOS to stop websites from accessing the clipboard [1], and now pasting into Facebook is completely broken.

I wonder if they've been checking out my clipboard contents.

[1] https://www.ghacks.net/2014/01/08/block-websites-reading-mod...

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Post by annoyingnoob » Tue, Jun 30, 2020, 4:15 PM UTC

Too little, too late. Already forced the family to uninstall it and its gone forever. Wish the kids could understand that its spyware with access to a lot of toxic social media.

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Post by RandallBrown » Tue, Jun 30, 2020, 4:17 PM UTC

nickthegreek wrote: post #3

I'm happy that ios14 is adding more transparency on whats apps are accessing like this clipboard situation. I'd love to see more of these, like camera roll and mic access.

iOS 14 is adding an indicator for apps using the camera and microphone. You'll also be able to see apps that recently used them in the control center.

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Jun 30, 2020, 4:27 PM UTC

annoyingnoob wrote: post #5

Too little, too late. Already forced the family to uninstall it and its gone forever. Wish the kids could understand that its spyware with access to a lot of toxic social media.

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Post by Shank » Tue, Jun 30, 2020, 4:28 PM UTC

annoyingnoob wrote: post #5

Too little, too late. Already forced the family to uninstall it and its gone forever. Wish the kids could understand that its spyware with access to a lot of toxic social media.

> Already forced the family to uninstall it and its gone forever.

Honestly you’d be better off educating them and telling them it’s a good idea than forcing them to jettison an app they probably love. Tons of apps do this (as discovered in iOS 14) and I highly suggest not doing a crusade against one when a lot more do it. See: https://youtu.be/pRSWdtoUAjo

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Post by Calvin02 » Tue, Jun 30, 2020, 4:39 PM UTC

This is so ridiculous. Google Maps accesses the clipboard. Try it out: copy an address and open maps.

So do Facebook and Instagram, I’m sure.

The level of paranoia in the Valley is astounding.

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Post by jeffbee » Tue, Jun 30, 2020, 4:40 PM UTC

This is just an overblown yellow-peril panic, right? How does any app paste? By "accessing the user clipboards". How does the chrome omnibox do "text you copied"? By "accessing the user clipboards".