On: LinkedIn, Reddit, GoogleNews and others caught spying on iPhone clipboards

[p49k]

Should work like all other privacy settings. The first time the app tries to access the clipboard, the OS should prompt “Reddit is trying to access the clipboard [Allow / Deny]”. Then the preference is set and can be changed in settings.

[Topgamer7 → p49k]

They have this for certain things. MyFitnessPal asks me incessantly to have access to my "step" permission. I vehemently agree we should have more access to fine-grain permissions. Although apps should be punished for nagging me to change my settings every time I open the app.

[livre → p49k]

> Then the preference is set and can be changed in settings.

The clipboard is one of those things where this behavior is unwanted. It's one of those where it is important to be asked every time.

[kanox → p49k]

This should definitely be addressed by the mobile OS but I'm not sure how many applications use this maliciously.

Do we know of apps that send the clipboard to a remote server?