Have you ever copied a password or порнография с детьми хентайperhaps even your credit card number on your iPhone in order to easily paste it onto a website form?
If you have, then it's likely you've just exposed that information to a slew of popular iPhone apps.
App developersTommy Mysk and Talal Haj Bakry recently publishedtheir research uncovering a major vulnerability with the cut-copy-paste feature on Apple iOS devices. The two developers found that Apple provides apps with the ability to read data stored in the system’s clipboard, officially called Pasteboard on iOS devices. Furthermore, they discovered that dozens of popular iPhone and iPad apps access this data every timea user opens them.
“We have investigated many popular apps in the App Store and found that they frequently access the pasteboard without the user being aware,” the developers wrote. “Our investigation confirms that many popular apps read the text content of the pasteboard.”
Apps that could read your copied and cut text, or media on your iOS device include social networking apps like TikTok, Viber, and Weib, as well as gaming applications like Plants vs. Zombies Heroes, PUBG Mobile, and Fruit Ninja. Other apps include live sporting events platform Dazn, ecommerce apps AliExpress and Overstock, and the Hotels.com app.
News applications appeared to lead in accessing this data, however. Some of the apps snooping on your clipboard include ABC News, Accuweather, CBS News, CNBC, The New York Times, Fox News, NPR, The Huffington Post, and Vice News. A full list of the offending apps can be found here.
Mysk and Bakry have also provided a video showing how they discovered the loophole.
It should be noted that there is no proof of anything maliciously being done with this information by the apps or the companies that publish them. This report shows that these applications are simply accessing this data without the users’ awareness or permission.
In February, the same app developer team publishedfindings regarding a similar flaw with the iOS pasteboard. They found that GPS location information was leaking to apps which accessed the clipboard. This would happen if a user had copied an image taken by Apple's default camera app.
According to Mysk and Bakry, Apple informed them that “that they don’t see an issue with this vulnerability.”
With their latest findings, the two are now urging Apple to act.
“It is not clear what the apps do with the data,” they stated. “To prevent apps from exploiting the pasteboard, Apple must act.”
Topics Apple Cybersecurity iPad iPhone TikTok
Celebrate the Year of the Dog with JACA and AKIHO
Joe Biden mocks Bloomberg's meme strategy and calls out his fake friendship with Obama
Everyone's regretting their '2020 will be better' tweets now
#StayTheFHome urges people to stop the spread of the coronavirus
BetterBabbit и VV возглавили группы на BetBoom Classic: Hearthstone Battleground
The best home renovation show isn't on HGTV, it's on YouTube
Jill Biden and Symone Sanders rush protester off stage during Joe Biden's victory speech
Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson test positive for coronavirus
Makeup Artist Tsuji Wins Oscar for 'Darkest Hour'
Coronavirus and what we can learn from the 1918 flu's hidden history
Riverside Love Story, an Artist
People are changing their Zoom backgrounds to spice up remote calls
To curb the spread of coronavirus, here are some fun handwashing tips
Video of a wild javelina sprinting down an Arizona street is perfect meme fuel
‘Oni wa Soto! Fuku wa Uchi!’
Elizabeth Warren put Michael Bloomberg on blast in the debate, and the internet loved it
World Health Organization is using TikTok to dispel coronavirus rumors
To curb the spread of coronavirus, here are some fun handwashing tips
Persimmon Talk at Gardena Valley JCI on Sunday
This genius PSA generator pairs hand
Vote Safely, Officially and EffectivelyLittle Tokyo Towers Board Updates Progress on RenovationsAuthor Discussion and Signing with Allen SayPart 2 of ‘47 Ronin’ at Faith UMCThree Times the AchievementCherry Blossoms in Orange CountyKeiro Symposium ‘Designing Your Future’ to Be Held Virtually‘Shizu Saldamando: L.A. Intersections’ at Occidental CollegeThe Art and Craft of CaringLittle Tokyo Service Center Celebrates 40th Anniversary Virtual Gala in October Wordle today: The answer and hints for March 17, 2025 Blink viedo doorbell deal: 45% off at Amazon Here's when astronauts Butch and Suni are expected to splash down today Best Google Pixel Watch 3 deal: Save $60 at Amazon Wordle today: The answer and hints for March 18, 2025 Get the new iPad Mini for $100 off at Amazon Cogito Zero Sum Malign Intervention I’m just a boy, standing in front a girl, telling her she has a huge ass. If we die in a nuclear blast, at least we can go out laughing at the world’s worst people
0.3944s , 7899.4296875 kb
Copyright © 2025 Powered by 【порнография с детьми хентай】TikTok and other popular iOS apps are spying on your iPhone clipboard,Global Hot Topic Analysis
