Tell HN: Spectrum iOS app using info on MacBook's clipboard

3 pointskmundnic4y ago2 comments

I was chatting to a Spectrum representative today through the MySpectrum iOS app due to low upload speeds. The representative asked where I was running the speed tests of the link they provided, and after I typed MacBook on the chat app, hundreds of warning messages started showing up due to the app copying information from my MacBook's clipboard.

I was aware of this issue with certain apps in iOS (https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/06/tiktok-and-53-other-ios-apps-still-snoop-your-sensitive-clipboard-data/), but I hadn't read about this happening between devices.

2 comments

odysseus_ithaca4y ago

Apple's Universal Clipboard is probably the culprit.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT209460

kmundnicOP4y ago

Right, and unfortunately there doesn't seem to be a way to remove the permissions by app (only for all apps by turning off Handoff).

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