[rs23296008n1]

I've removed them. Is there any justification why these apps shouldn't simply be listed with a spyware warning? I've tried to see the "innocent misunderstanding" angle but I just can't.

Linkedin. Not sure why it needed to snoop the clipboard. Anyone care to explain why it needed that access?

I can't see any reason why Reddit needed it either. Reddit broke their web experience as well.

Can't these apps rely on paste? Or it is a tooling/sdk issue?

I also found the app I use to top up phone credit was demanding camera access on android. Removed that as well. Spyware.

[loljabab]

If this is spyware and the actual contents are being sent somewhere, you’ll hear about it.

This seems pretty overblown. Here is a simple explanation: the apps exhibit different behavior when a relevant URL is on the clipboard. Reddit does this.

That being said, I’m glad apple is giving the clipboard some privacy attention. Tons of people send their passwords thru the clipboard.

[rs23296008n1]

I don't think its overblown.

Snooping the clipboard is usually either spyware activity or utility behavior. Its not as if its a password manager expiring a copied password. Its not even something grabbing text from the clipboard because I've set it up to do so in some text processing utility.

Linkedin doesn't need this kind of functionality. They simply got caught.

Plenty of other shenanigans going on. This is likely just one of many.