{"id":37084,"date":"2022-09-19T17:08:23","date_gmt":"2022-09-19T21:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=37084"},"modified":"2022-09-23T16:44:50","modified_gmt":"2022-09-23T20:44:50","slug":"extra-ios-16-paste-prompts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2022\/09\/19\/extra-ios-16-paste-prompts\/","title":{"rendered":"Extra iOS 16 Paste Prompts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sami Fathi<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The new prompt was added to iOS 16 as a privacy measure for users<\/a>, requiring that apps ask for permission to access the clipboard, which may have sensitive data. The prompt, however, has become an annoyance for users as they install iOS 16, as it constantly asks for permission whenever they wish to paste something into an app.<\/p>

As user annoyance with the behavior boils high, Apple has finally responded, saying the constant pop-up is not how the feature is intended to work. MacRumors<\/em> reader Kieran sent an email to Craig Federighi and Tim Cook, complaining about the constant prompt and advocating for Apple to treat access to the clipboard the same way iOS treats third-party access to location, camera, microphone, and more.<\/p>

Ron Huang, a senior manager at Apple, joined the email thread saying the pop-up is not supposed to appear every time a user attempts to paste.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n

I don’t understand why there’s a prompt at all if the paste was initiated by the user from an OS-provided button. Are they worried about apps faking button clicks? If so, how does the prompt actually protect against that if sometimes I do want to paste? Plus, there’s a bug where the paste button in the popover is blank before the first time you paste.<\/p>\n\n

Michael Love<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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I’m actually grateful for this botched rollout, because it’s going to make it next to impossible for Apple to shift blame to developers for future annoying clipboard alerts.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n

We still get blamed for TCC forgetting things…<\/p>\n\n

Previously:<\/p>\n