macOS 16 to enable clipboard privacy protection

macOS 16 to enable clipboard privacy protection

Apple has informed developers that macOS 16 will start alerting users when an app tries to access the clipboard.

Apple to Block Mac Apps From Secretly Accessing Your Clipboard

Apple is planning to implement a change to pasteboard (aka your iPhone's internal clipboard) that will prevent Mac apps from being able to read...

Apple plans to add a clipboard permission control feature similar to iOS in macOS 16. Applications need user authorization to read clipboard contents. By default, uninteracted applications will trigger an alarm to remind users whether to allow reading. This feature is designed to prevent unauthorized applications from stealing sensitive information or performing malicious operations (such as replacing wallet addresses, stealing mnemonics, etc.),…

macOS 16 set for major clipboard privacy update, mirroring iOS alerts and adding new controls

Apple has updated the AppKit documentation to inform developers about a significant change coming to the macOS pasteboard, the system-level mechanism for transferring data between applications and Apple devices. Here's how it's going to work: more . . .

Mac apps should no longer be able to access data unnoticed from the clipboard in the future. iOS has already done so.

Apple recently warned developers about a change coming to the Clipboard in a future version of macOS - on macitynet.it In macOS Apple will also lock down the Clipboard