A new iOS 14 feature revealed that the LinkedIn and Reddit apps were continuously copying clipboard contents, a security issue that was also seen in TikTok.
Apple’s upcoming iOS 14 has found two more apps that controversially copy the contents of the user’s clipboard – professional networking platform and job search website LinkedIn, and popular online forum Reddit.
The beta release of iOS 14 includes a new security feature that alerts users when an app is reading the iPhone’s clipboard, where potentially sensitive data such as passwords may be stored. The feature has exposed several apps that are guilty of such practices, including TikTok, even after the video-sharing platform was caught months ago and promised then that it would stop after being caught with the security issue.
