[Swordmaker]

Dayglored said: “My take is that TikTok is spyware. I’m rather surprised that Apple permitted it in the App Store in the first place.” My response is that all apps that access the web have the potential to be spyware. In this instance, any app that has access to the clipboard and copy and paste can obviously paste what is currently in the paste buffer. That’s what this is all about! If that capability is there, it’s child’s play to send what’s in that buffer to the app’s server! Any browser or messenger app could do it. In fact, any connected app could. The question is, “do you trust the app publisher NOT to do it?” Why is TikTok any different from any other publisher except that it’s owned and controlled by the Chinese Communist Government. What do we put in our cut and paste clipboard might make all the difference. . . If it’s sensitive data, don’t leave it there in the buffer. Copy something else totally innocuous, such as a single word, “word” would be a good copy choice to leave in the buffer. Just don’t leave your secret plans to invade China, or the top secret, burn before reading, plans for the new Z bomb, in the buffer after you’ve finished sending them to your henchmen! —PING!

APPLE TikTok vulnerability? No, not really. . .
It’s FUD, Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt, Again!
PING!

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[Swordmaker]

Think about it, what are the average TikTok users going to have in their clipboard buffers?

The answer is obvious: The last photo or meme they copied to post on TikTok! These users one time use buffers are NOT going to have a damn thing of momentous import in them that’s most likely not already uploaded on their TikTok account.

[Swordmaker]

Incidentally, I read through the deeper linked articles on the TIKTOK malware and found that it’s mostly Android spying that sends back user info. I found zero references to Apple iOS for user info that could not be gleaned from the Cellular data carrier!

[Biggirl]

Are you sure about that?