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Re: LinkedIn is copying the contents of my clipboard on every keystroke

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Post by bobthechef »

isignal wrote: post #218

An explanation from LinkedIn: https://twitter.com/eberger45/status/1278843576638570496 ------ Hi @DonCubed . Appreciate you raising this. We've traced this to a code path that only does an equality check between the clipboard contents and the currently typed content in a text box. We don't store or transmit the clipboard contents. ---------- An example of this is in a library we have open sourced, and you can find th…

Such explanations are not reassuring. The problem for me isn't whether LinkedIn is actually using the clipboard, it's the very fact that they have access to it and can do that in principle. Why do apps even have unrestricted access to the clipboard? Do we give apps unrestricted access to cookies? No.

Re: LinkedIn is copying the contents of my clipboard on every keystroke

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Post by mnw21cam »

lalos wrote: post #212
rkagerer wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well, once upon a time you trusted the code running on your device. In Chrome on Android, the flag you want is under Settings | Site Settings | Clipboard | Ask before allowing sites to read text and images from the clipboard , and I think it's on by default.

Funny how you are promoting Chrome and Android when I've known for a fact that Google Maps has done this since forever because when you open the app immediately if and only if it's an address it suggests whatever is on your clipboard as a destination. This means 1) there's code running somewhere grabbing the clipboard and deciding if it's an address (might ping home) 2) it has to copy the clipboard all the time to do…

Maps doesn't run inside Chrome.

Re: LinkedIn is copying the contents of my clipboard on every keystroke

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Post by fit2rule »

fingerlocks wrote: post #251
isignal wrote: post #218

An explanation from LinkedIn: https://twitter.com/eberger45/status/1278843576638570496 ------ Hi @DonCubed . Appreciate you raising this. We've traced this to a code path that only does an equality check between the clipboard contents and the currently typed content in a text box. We don't store or transmit the clipboard contents. ---------- An example of this is in a library we have open sourced, and you can find th…

This should be higher, above all of the mobs teething for vengeance. It’s an innocuous comparison of text input to the pasteboard to prevent unwanted autocorrect insertions.[0] Probably the same code used by TikTok too. the code and and comments are here: [0] https://github.com/linkedin/Hakawai/pull/162/commits/c3f8958...

Just, no. There is NO possible excuse for accessing my private clipboard buffer without my involvement - as a result of a direct action I have overtly initiated.

Re: LinkedIn is copying the contents of my clipboard on every keystroke

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Post by viach »

durnygbur wrote: post #291
viach wrote: post #288

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This assumes there is a lot of good players, tenants and landlords and they are just waiting for a good app which will let them find each other finally. From my experience, this market is conflict driven, there is no such thing as good landlord and good tenant.

I'm a professional earning 1.5-2.5 the average national salary. I'm moving abroad to a new city and ready to pay 20-30% of my net salary on rent. I'm paying the rent and media regularly on time and the deposit on move in. I demand apartment in the price range 5-15 EUR/m^2 per month, in comfortable standard, and the full deposit back on move out. What invalidates me as a good tenant? Then given my requirements above,…

> What invalidates me as a good tenant?

Nothing, I believe you are a good tenant. But this competitive market with limited resources has "perfect is the enemy of good" situation. Landlords can choose and they want perfect.

Re: LinkedIn is copying the contents of my clipboard on every keystroke

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Post by giarc »

ob wrote: post #165
giarc wrote: post #129

LinkedIn is actually copying the clipboard while that user types in a different app. https://twitter.com/DonCubed/status/1278757201310388225

No, that is the LinkedIn app. It's the messaging dialog (you can see their custom "send" button at the lower right corner).

I might have linked the wrong tweet, but the user says "Here is LinkedIn copying and pasting from my notes app “Bear”"

Re: LinkedIn is copying the contents of my clipboard on every keystroke

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Post by chillfox »

thdrdt wrote: post #328
chillfox wrote: post #326

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The OS really shouldn't grant apps access to the clipboard until release by the user in my opinion.

Well the moment you allow access because you think the app has good intentions it can misuse it later. Maybe the popup should not show when the user presses 'paste'. But I believe awareness is the first step.

I meant the only time an app should be able to get anything out of the clipboard is when the user specifically uses the OS feature to paste the content. I don't think apps should ever be allowed to access the clipboard on their own.

Re: LinkedIn is copying the contents of my clipboard on every keystroke

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Post by sgc »

the_other wrote: post #321
sgc wrote: post #296

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If all your scammers are from one geographical location halfway across the world, it is fine to refer to it and you shouldn't be shamed for naming it. Lest we police ourselves into ignorance.

Only if you are having a conversation where the demographics of the scammers has relevance. In the case of discussing LinkedIn, it doesn’t matter where the scammers are from. The adjective is redundant in this context. In this thread, almost any other adjective would have allowed the main meaning of the sentence to continue uninterrupted (“filthy scammers”, “frustrating scammers”, “purple scammers”, “fearless scammer…

I don't agree with that. By giving the unique location you have indicated there is a big problem that is perhaps more solvable than it would have been otherwise, since there is a limited group of people, many who are presumably organized, in a specific location. That is something much easier for LinkedIn to deal with than a generalized trend to scam the site from around the world, presumably with a much greater variety of tactics and targets.

Re: LinkedIn is copying the contents of my clipboard on every keystroke

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Post by genoapol »

Grustaf wrote: post #312
isignal wrote: post #218

An explanation from LinkedIn: https://twitter.com/eberger45/status/1278843576638570496 ------ Hi @DonCubed . Appreciate you raising this. We've traced this to a code path that only does an equality check between the clipboard contents and the currently typed content in a text box. We don't store or transmit the clipboard contents. ---------- An example of this is in a library we have open sourced, and you can find th…

Why would they do this check all the time, rather than just at the moment the text box contents changes?

New fingerprinting technique or clipboard data used to expand a user's shadow profile?
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