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TikTok has been snooping on your iPhone’s clipboard – now they say they’re going to stop
An update has been pushed to iOS, should be available today.

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Thanks to a new alert feature in iOS 14, beta users have started reporting that popular social platform TikTok seems to be doing some sketchy things behind the scenes. The initial report comes from The Telegraph and a variety of users sharing screen recordings of the issues.
Essentially, what is happening is when iOS 14 users go to leave a comment on a
This alert is part of iOS 14 where users can see exactly when an application is copying and pasting from their clipboard, but it’s hard to tell how (or if) this information is being sent back directly to
https://twitter.com/jeremyburge/status/1275832600146391042
As to why the platform was accessing the clipboard so regularly, the company tells The Telegraph, “For
TikTok has now pushed an update on iOS that stops access to the clipboard. It should be available to users today. No word yet on if or when the company plans on deploying a similar update to Android.
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