[weejewel]

Years ago when I was a student, and JavaScript could get a user’s clipboard without their consent, I made a website ‘getpasted’ that automatically pasted and posted your clipboard to a public database.

Needless to say, some people weren’t happy about it. But it was a nice project to create awareness that it was possible to read the clipboard at any time.

[RajT88]

Wait until people find out that by default on Windows 11 all of your clipboard data gets sent to a Microsoft server via Clipboard History / Cloud Clipboard.

[ygra]

Clipboard history and sync across devices are both disabled by default, as far as I'm aware.

[RajT88]

Hmmm. My work machine had them on, but I suppose that could have been set by policy. I will check my Aya Neo later (only personal Win11 device).

[cj]

Is Apple’s version of this any better? Clipboard is synced between phone/computers logged into iCloud although it doesn’t log history (at least visibly)

[unilynx]

It requires iCloud but the data itself is transferred directly over Bluetooth or local WiFi (like airdrop) so it shouldn’t hit any Apple servers.

https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/security/secf78dbe639/...

[knallfrosch]

Since it is also end-to-end encrypted, an architecture involving Apple server wouldn't reveal the contents either.

[cedws]

Even when not signed in with a Microsoft account?