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According to the developers, TikTok needs access to the clipboard on iOS devices for the antispam function to work.
Apple has implemented new notifications in iOS 14 to alert users if an application accesses the clipboard. As it turned out, many popular applications “sin” this behavior. Some services really need access to the clipboard to work, but others get access just like that, for no apparent reason.
One of the applications that access the data on the clipboard on iOS devices is TikTok. According to the developers, in this way TikTok protects users from spam. However, how this security mechanism works is unclear. As developers of the application told The Telegraph, the function is designed to detect recurring spam activity.
As Jeremy Burge of Emojipedia noted, when typing, TikTok accesses the clipboard once every few seconds.
“Well, TikTok retrieves data from the clipboard every 1-3 lines. iOS 14 reports this with its new notifications. Why TikTok needs to check the clipboard (and call notifications) every 1-3 lines is unclear. This can be explained by poor implementation of the framework. Or something more malicious, ” Bourget wrote on his Twitter.
When the general public became aware of TikTok's strange behavior, “in order to avoid misunderstandings,” its developers announced their intention to remove the anti-spam function in a future update. The new version of the application is already undergoing the approval process for publication on the App Store.
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Apple has implemented new notifications in iOS 14 to alert users if an application accesses the clipboard. As it turned out, many popular applications “sin” this behavior. Some services really need access to the clipboard to work, but others get access just like that, for no apparent reason.
One of the applications that access the data on the clipboard on iOS devices is TikTok. According to the developers, in this way TikTok protects users from spam. However, how this security mechanism works is unclear. As developers of the application told The Telegraph, the function is designed to detect recurring spam activity.
As Jeremy Burge of Emojipedia noted, when typing, TikTok accesses the clipboard once every few seconds.
“Well, TikTok retrieves data from the clipboard every 1-3 lines. iOS 14 reports this with its new notifications. Why TikTok needs to check the clipboard (and call notifications) every 1-3 lines is unclear. This can be explained by poor implementation of the framework. Or something more malicious, ” Bourget wrote on his Twitter.
When the general public became aware of TikTok's strange behavior, “in order to avoid misunderstandings,” its developers announced their intention to remove the anti-spam function in a future update. The new version of the application is already undergoing the approval process for publication on the App Store.
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