Why Apple didn’t then restrict the use of the clipboard and make no fuss about it after TikTok was found to be sniffing the user clipboard, astounds me.
Yes, a link without a statement is not helpful. I’m fully aware of Apples response to TikTok’s use of user clipboards without their knowledge.
All Apple did was incorporate a snitch notification for when an app pasted from clipboard.
Contrast that with their approach to permissions and privacy in developer documentation which gates sensitive functionality behind dialogs that let users “Allow”, “Allow while using” or “Don’t allow”
No criticism, nothing. Even the change is not very helpful if it doesn’t explicitly prohibit the abuse, only throws a temporary pop up when abused.
