LinkedIn, Reddit, Google News and other apps caught spying on iPhone users’ clipboards

OSTN Staff

Last month, we told you that a new feature found in the iOS 14 beta . The latter is the place where data is temporarily stored while being copied from one app to another. Those running the iOS 14 beta preview noticed that they were receiving notifications that apps like TikTok and even AccuWeather were sniffing around an iPhone user’s clipboard and could copy things like PIN numbers, social security numbers and more. Some users received this notification every time they typed a punctuation mark or tapped the space bar on their iPhone’s QWERTY keyboard.
Besides TikTok, other apps …

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