Social-Media
TikTok says it will avoid accessing iOS app clipboard content.
TikTok says they will stop using iOS 'clipboard content after a new privacy transparency feature on iOS 14 has revealed the continued use of the video-sharing platform, it said last year.
If a third-party app accesses a device's iOS 14 clipboard, a warning will be released. Users found that, even when the app is in the background, TikTok checks contents from the clipboard every few keystrokes.
Parental company TikTok, Beijing-based ByteDance had said earlier this year, but did not offer a firm date, they intended to stop accessing computer clipboards.
A Tik Tok spokesman told The Verge on Friday in a statement that he had sent an update into the App Store to delete this "anti-spam" measure. According to the client, the feature never appeared in Android devices.
"After the beta release of iOS 14 on June 22, users watched a number of popular apps with notifications.
For TikTok, the result was a repetitive spammy behaviour, "the voice-president said, adding that" the company's dedication was to protect the users ' privacy and make the way in which our app operates clear.
TikTok has been blamed for past security matters; in February 2019, it has been paying $5.7 million for alleged violations of COPPA, the rule on the protection of children, to the Federal Trade Commission.
Children under 13 years of age were allowed to sign up without the consent of their parents. Since then, the app has changed and parental controls have increased.
A number of US government agencies have banned the usage of an app on government-issued computers, citing security concerns about ByteDance 's ties to Chinese government, including the Transportation Security Administration, the State Department, the Homeland Security Department, the navy, and the army.
