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Data protection: Linkedin no longer wants to read the iOS clipboard

Reading the clipboard was a bug, not a feature: the fact that the LinkedIn iOS app accesses the clipboard was not intended and should be changed immediately. The operator of the social network said so.

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  1. Schwarz IT KG, Neckarsulm
  2. AKKA, Ingolstadt

Linkedin said the US online news service ZDNetthat the error should be fixed quickly. He has already been found, wrote LinkedIn department manager Erran Berger on twitter. The app checks whether the content that is entered in a text field is identical to that in the clipboard. The contents of the clipboard are neither saved nor transferred.

Other apps can also read

The Linkedin app is not the only one: It has become known in the past few days that various iOS apps access the clipboard, including that of Tiktok. However, the Tiktok app was accessed intentionally. The social network justified this with protection against spam.

This was noticed because the new iOS version points out when an app accesses the clipboard. One user had the error at the end of the week per Twitter made public. The LinkedIn app on his iPad read the clipboard from his Macbook.

Apple has version 14 of its mobile operating system iOS recently introduced. It should come out in autumn. There is currently only one developer version. A public beta version is expected to be available in the coming weeks.

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