Tag Archives: privacy

LinkedIn and Reddit are snooping on their Apple clipboards

iOS 14 is lighting up apps that spy, which are not great.Photo: Tomohiro Ohsumi (fake pictures) iOS 14’s new privacy feature have It has been cheating on many spy apps for the past few days, raising user concerns and hopefully inspiring the companies behind the apps to do something about …

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TikTok and other apps secretly read your clipboard

A new privacy feature in iOS 14 has exposed a number of popular apps and raised concerns about clipboard privacy. In the video above, I explain why this is worrying, but it’s not something to worry about. A small feature in iOS 14 that Apple didn’t highlight on stage has …

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Facebook incorrectly gave user data to external developers, again

Stop if you’ve heard this before: Facebook gave user data to external developers, even after specifically telling users they wouldn’t. In a blog post on Wednesday, Facebook announced that (oops!) Thousands of developers continued to receive updates of users’ non-public information beyond the point they should have received it. Specifically, …

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