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Reddit says it’s releasing a fix for a code that copied contents from users’ clipboards

Reddit says it’s releasing a fix for a piece of code that copied clips from users’ clipboards. Users in a beta version of iOS 14 reported receiving the alerts with each keystroke in Reddit’s iOS app.

A CodePath in the post composer that checks for URLs in the pasteboard and then suggests a post title based on the text contents of the URL.’we removed this code and are releasing the fix on July 14th,’ Reddit spokesperson said.

Donald Morton posted a video of the issue to Twitter. The issue was posted on Twitter by Donald Morton. Morton posted the video to Twitter.

Reddit is capturing the clipboard on each keystroke as well as seeing the notification come up just as much as much.

Two iPhone developers, Tommy mysk and Talal haj bakry, raised concerns about clipboard-copying behavior back in February.

The privacy feature in iOS 14 has revealed several apps engaging in clipboard copying in recent weeks. Linkedin said Friday it would stop the practice, saying its app was doing so to perform an’equality check’ between what a user is typing and what’s in their clipboard.

Tiktok, which has faced criticism for privacy concerns on its app in the past, was called out for similar clipboard-copying behavior last week. The company said the practice was part of an’anti-spam’ feature and that it was being discontinued.

A public beta of iOS 14 is expected in the next few weeks. It’s likely that the clipboard privacy feature may reveal more apps engaged in this questionable behavior.

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