Security News > 2020 > June > TikTok To Stop Clipboard Snooping After Apple Privacy Feature Exposes Behavior
A new privacy feature in Apple iOS 14 sheds light on TikTok's practice of reading iPhone users' cut-and-paste data, even though the company said in March it would stop.
Apple added a new banner alert to iOS 14 that lets users know if a mobile app is pasting from the clipboard and thus able to read to a user's cut-and-paste data.
In response, TikTok told The Telegraph that the app is not collecting data from the clipboard, but rather is triggering the iOS privacy banner through a custom system that identifies repetitive spam behavior.
At the same time, TikTok users applauded Apple for exposing the practice.
When Mysk uncovered what he believed was an iOS clipboard vulnerability earlier this year, he also created a rogue proof-of-concept app called KlipboardSpy and an iOS widget named KlipSpyWidget to show how any app installed on an iOS device can act maliciously and access clipboard data and use it to spy or steal sensitive personal information.