TikTok and other apps caught spying on the clipboard by iOS 14 - Android

Apple introduced its latest iOS 14 during the WWDC 2020 event held a few days back. The new iOS version came with several new abilities but one which stands out is the feature which alerts users when app reads their device’s clipboard. A report by The Telegraph indicates that some apps have been detected by […] More

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Apple introduced its latest iOS 14 during the WWDC 2020 event held a few days back. The new iOS version came with several new abilities but one which stands out is the feature which alerts users when app reads their device’s clipboard.

A report by The Telegraph indicates that some apps have been detected by the new feature to access the clipboard. The most prominent of such apps is the leading video-sharing app TikTok. 

The Telegraph noted that TikTok was earlier in March detected to be accessing the clipboard on users’ devices whenever they appear on the screen. At the time, ByteDance which owns the app had promised that it will discontinue such obnoxious practice with the timeline set for a few weeks.

Apparently, that did not happen and they were busted when a user of TikTok who had updated his smartphone to the latest iOS 14 started receiving multiple notifications of the app trying to access his phone’s clipboard.

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