Facebook privacy clipboard

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Facebook privacy clipboard

Clipboard Privacy Facebook

A couple days ago, I went to Facebook on my iPhone. I think the day before I copied a link to my clipboard.

But what I found strange is that Facebook suggested my to add the last link I copied to my clipboard to my wall on Facebook. I think that Facebook has no right to read my clipboard. What if I copied a password? They can read everything.

I think a app should not have access to your clipboard if you didn't gave permission to do so.

iPhone 5, iOS 9.0.2, null

Posted on Oct 25, 2015 4:50 PM

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Answer 1

Oct 25, 2015 5:09 PM in response to jordyvk

Absolutely agree.

This is what was said about it...

“Facebook is not able to see what the link is, only that there is text that fits the standard URL format,” Harrison said, adding that Facebook does not save users’ information after it has been removed from the clipboard. This recognition software prevents the app from scraping text that does not look like a URL, like passwords or emails, Harrison said.

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Oct 25, 2015 5:05 PM in response to bryan.vance

Oke, but the link I copied was shown, I removed it with Photoshop so they where able to see what the link was...

It is comforting that they would not been able to see the passwords but I think they so also not be able to read a link.

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Answer 3

Oct 25, 2015 5:06 PM in response to jordyvk

"Facebook privacy" is an oxymoron. If you use Facebook you have no privacy.

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