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Old July 5th 20, 09:57 PM posted to alt.comp.os.windows-10,alt.comp.freeware,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general
Arlen Holder[_9_]
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Default Do any Windows freeware apps habitually access the private contents of the clipboard upon mere invocation of the app?

My question was whether this is only a problem on iOS or also Windows.

With the advent of the iOS 14 beta, well-known apps have been recently
publicly caught and outed...

Each time they're caught (so far anyway), the company immediately says it's
a nasty bug, and then immediately vows to remove the reading of the
clipboard on every keypress.

o *iOS 14 - Linked-In app caught reading the user's clipboard in background (including from other sources)*
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/misc.phone.mobile.iphone/2VZ5a3QsvBc

o *Reddit caught red handed by iOS 14 copying the clipboard contents on iOS devices*
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/misc.phone.mobile.iphone/-gvgKjTALvI

o *iOS 14: TikTok seems to have been caught abusing the clipboard in a quite extraordinary way.*
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/misc.phone.mobile.iphone/dRKgQG8jGo8/

o *Famous iOS apps are snooping on the Pasteboard - Learn Worthy*
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/misc.phone.mobile.iphone/XXaeEvEB79Y/

o *Even more iOS apps caught snooping clipboard contents ...*
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/misc.phone.mobile.iphone/IHVirXnbJF0/
etc.

For example, here's just one snippet from just one article cited above:

o *TikTok and 53 other iOS apps still snoop your sensitive clipboard data*
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/06/tiktok-and-53-other-ios-apps-still-snoop-your-sensitive-clipboard-data/

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My question was whether this is only a problem on iOS or also Windows.
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My question was whether this is only a problem on iOS or also Windows.
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