LinkedIn says iOS clipboard snooping after every key press is a bug, will fix

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https://www.zdnet.com/article/linkedin-says-ios-clipboard-snooping-after-every-key-press-is-a-bug-will-fix/

A LinkedIn spokesperson told ZDNet yesterday that a bug in the company's iOS app was responsible for a seemingly privacy-intrusive behavior spotted by one of its users on Thursday. [....]

After ZDNet reached out for comment to LinkedIn last night, a LinkedIn spokesperson told us the behavior was a bug, and not intended behavior.

Erran Berger, VP Engineering of Consumer Products at LinkedIn, also reached out on Twitter to clarify the issue and promised a fix.

"We've traced this to a code path that only does an equality check between the clipboard contents and the currently typed content in a text box," Berger wrote on Twitter. "We don't store or transmit the clipboard contents. We will follow up once the fix is live in our app," he added.

 

[ForgottenSeer 85179]

Sure they say that.
Such privacy madness is always a "bug". But only after the shi*storm started. Before, they don't care.

 

[SeriousHoax]

TikTok said it's a bug, LinkedIn saying it's a bug. Yeah everyone has the same bug now, lol.

 

[Stopspying]

TikTok said it's a bug, LinkedIn saying it's a bug. Yeah everyone has the same bug now, lol.

Barclays bank appear to have some sort of Wayback Machine javascript bug!

Barclays Bank appeared to be using the Wayback Machine as a 'CDN' for some Javascript

Tight-lipped bank has fixed the weirdness - but not said why it happened

www.theregister.com

 

[plat]

Public disclosure is amazing!

Before: keylogger
After: bug

 

[ForgottenSeer 85179]

Public disclosure is amazing!

Before: keylogger
After: bug

I need to correct that:
Before: keylogger
During: keylogger
After: keylogger

 

[CyberTech]

Microsoft's LinkedIn was sued yesterday for allegedly reading and diverting users' private information using the iOS clipboard.

The lawsuit filed in San Francisco federal court states that LinkedIn "secretly" read the clipboard "a lot," without notifying the user, according to Reuters. The complaint also claims that LinkedIn has been gathering clipboard information from nearby Apple devices through the Universal Clipboard feature, and has been circumventing Apple's Universal Clipboard timeout.

The lawsuit attempts to certify the complaint as class action based on alleged violation of the law or social norms, under California laws. Last week, LinkedIn claimed that the clipboard copying behavior is a bug and is not an intended operation. A VP at LinkedIn commented that the contents of the clipboard are not stored or transmitted, and that a fix for the issue will soon be available.

LinkedIn Sued for Reading Universal Clipboard Data

Microsoft's LinkedIn was sued yesterday for allegedly reading and diverting users' private information using the iOS clipboard. The lawsuit...

www.macrumors.com