Sensitive clipboard data on Android 14 devices may be compromised without your consent or knowledge. Learn more about this security issue with a full demonstration and discover how you can limit app access and protect your data.
  • Martin@feddit.nuEnglish
    145·
    1 year ago

    Clickbaity headline to scare you for no reason with an easily detectable behavior. If a white box suddenly appears on top of all my other apps I would get really suspicious and start to uninstall apps until it went away.

    That says, I do agree with the conclusion that granting permission to draw over other apps is dangerous.

    • Exusgu@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12·
      1 year ago

      The author proceeds to style the overlay like a toast, making it much less obvious than the ever-present white square. I wouldn’t dismiss it so easily.

    • Sethayy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Theoretically if youre on the all they could just add whatever would originally be covered by the toast

  • limerod@reddthat.comMEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    I tested the demo app. Interestingly, the attack doesn’t work on samsung oneui 5, as mentioned in the article. Where even stock android 14 is vulnerable to this attack.