Thats totally incorrect. I use SwiftKey and STILL get asked multiple times, even after that incremental update.
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iOS 16.1 Introduces New Copy-and-Paste Permission Settings on Per-App Basis
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Yes, it’s exactly the kind of potential misuse Apple is trying to draw attention to.
There are legitimate use cases of this (for example, some apps scan the clipboard for data they can do something with, e.g. Deliveries will detect tracking numbers and offer to use those), but you should only opt in if you trust the developers.
It's beginning to look like - no matter how much we mocked "PC" (John Hodgman), he was actually right all along.
Yep! Looks like that’s correct. And exactly how it should have worked all along.
Just wait until 16.1 is actually released to the public or disclose plainly that this is pre-production/Beta stuff. Ugghh.
So just to be clear, even if I select “deny”, I can still manually paste, right? This is only regarding when apps automatically read the clipboard? The wording in the setting is a little confusing because it sounds like I can never paste into that app, but why would that be a setting…
I don’t ever want any app to automatically read the clipboard. I can hit paste myself when I want, thank you. Glad for this new feature.
I don’t ever want any app to automatically read the clipboard. I can hit paste myself when I want, thank you. Glad for this new feature.
Maybe Apple could add the option for permission preferences to be like saved password preferences.
They could add “Allow for 1 week,” or “Allow for 30 days” options.
That might be useful for some people.
In this case, lockdown mode, heavily curated by Apple, might be something you like.
Not everyone wants to be babysit by mega corporations mindlessly.
Totally.
But today's Apple is not the Apple of 30-years ago - nor should that be the expectation. While there are pros and cons that come with their 30-year evolution, for the most part, there are far more pros - thankfully. They're still offering a more intuitive, complete and dependable experience than most.
Remember iOS15 people? Just be patient and wait until 16.2, unless you just like beta testing for Apple twice in a row. 
Me as well, It's the keyboard I use when I switch to Android. I have no complaints with the Keyboard besides that, if anything the auto copy and paste was my favorite feature of IOS 15. It saved me having to bring up the paste menu every time.
It is not yet available for all apps. You can test it out by downloading the AfterShip app and check it out.
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It is not yet available for all apps. You can test it out by downloading the AfterShip app and check it out.
iOS 16 introduced a new privacy feature that requires apps to receive a user's permission before directly accessing their iPhone's clipboard to paste text from other apps, but some users experienced an issue that caused the prompt to appear excessively. Apple released iOS 16.0.2 with a fix for the issue and other bugs in late September.
Apple has continued to refine the copy-and-paste feature in the weeks since. In the Settings app on the fourth beta of iOS 16.1 and later, a new "Paste from Other Apps" menu appears for apps that have previously asked for permission to paste content from another app. The menu can be found in the Settings app → [App Name] → Paste from Other Apps.
The menu presents users with three options:
The menu gives users more granular control and flexibility over the copy-and-paste permission prompts, which should help make the privacy feature less of a nuisance. Note that the menu does not appear for apps that have never requested clipboard permission.
- Ask: The app must continue to request permission to paste content from other apps.
- Deny: The app cannot paste content from other apps.
- Allow: The app can paste content from other apps without asking for permission again.
Last month, an Apple engineer said the copy-and-paste permission prompt only appears when an app attempts to access the clipboard directly. The prompt does not appear when a user selects the "Paste" option in the menu that pops up after highlighting text or interacts with apps that have paste buttons based on the UIPasteControl framework.
iOS 16.1 remains in beta testing and is expected to be released later this month.
(Thanks, Youssef Salem!)
Article Link: iOS 16.1 Introduces New Copy-and-Paste Permission Settings on Per-App Basis
More controls are good, but only if they are working properly...
Atm it's just annoying to get a popup everytime and it's actually not even does what it supposed to do.
If I'm clicking on "Deny" under iOS 16.0.3 (20A392) I can still paste any text. 🙀
The siphoning off the clipboard is a serious problem with a lot of more shady apps.
Sometimes I'll copy a string of curse words directed at the app in question before I open it, just for my own self satisfaction while seeing the "WeChat pasted from Notes" message appear.
Sometimes I'll copy a string of curse words directed at the app in question before I open it, just for my own self satisfaction while seeing the "WeChat pasted from Notes" message appear.
I have had the same reaction, also in relation to this feature.
But unfortunately the world has changed. Privacy laws, millions of apps, politics, Chinese apps… they have to protect the user at the cost of user friendliness.
Similar issues with user demands in relation to multitasking on iPad. Stage Manager is cool, but it can lead to confusing situations for novice users (and frankly I get confused to in some instances where Apple’s solution isn’t refined enough yet). Let alone the false positives by accidentally swiping a window out of full screen or showing a slide-over window while you intended to interact inside the app. All these features through user demand and competition come at a cost of more complexity, unfortunately.
For Apple to do that, they’d have to make the App Store even more authoritarian and decide for the user whether an app’s behavior is trustworthy.