LinkedIn Sued By IOS Users For Being Caught Copying Clipboard Contents

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JAKARTA - The professional network LinkedIn has been sued by its users. Because the platform made by Microsoft is suspected of accessing and copying the contents of the clipboard belonging to users of iOS devices, such as iPhones and iPads.

As reported by Reuters on Monday, July 13, based on a lawsuit filed in San Francisco federal court by Adam Bauer, LinkedIn reads clipboard information without informing users first. The clipboard itself is a feature in iOS for storing various texts that are copied (copied) by the user.

These findings come after Apple released a privacy feature update on iOS 14 beta version. In this version, the system will notify the user when an application has accessed and copied "something" from another application or device.

"The reading of this information is interpreted by Apple's universal clipboard as a 'paste' command," Bauer said in his lawsuit.

A similar incident was experienced by several other iOS device users. Through his Twitter account @DonCube, he shows how the LinkedIn application accesses the contents of the clipboard on his device.

LinkedIn is copying the contents of my clipboard every keystroke. IOS 14 allows users to see each paste notification. I'm on an IPad Pro and it's copying from the clipboard of my MacBook Pro. Tik tok just got called out for this exact reason. pic.twitter.com/l6NIT8ixEF

- Don 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 urspace.io (@DonCubed) July 2, 2020

The VP of Engineering Consumer Products at LinkedIn, Erran Berger, immediately responded to the tweet, who emphasized that the company does not store or transmit any content stored on the clipboard. It is also preparing the latest version to adapt to the iOS update, as quoted from The Verge.

Previously, TikTok also faced similar accusations. It's just that the type of data collected is more than other applications and it is feared that the information will be sent to China.

Not only TikTok and LinkedIn, several other well-known applications that have indicated suspicious activity after updating the privacy features on iOS 14 beta include Reddit, CNBC, Fox News, New York Times, Accuweather, Bed, Bath & Beyond, Overstock, and Weather Network. .