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		est on July 3, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: LinkedIn is copying the contents of my clipboard o... This is precisely how Chinese authorities track down activists using apps without Location data, it was disclosured few weeks ago. They patiently read user's clipboard data and wait for a picture taken and copied to clipboard, then extract its EXIF geoloc tags and send the coordinates to the police.

ohnope on July 3, 2020 [–]

Mind linking to a news source for this? Curious to read more about it.

est on July 3, 2020 | [–]

I tried but it was lost in my twitter feed.

Damn those non-chronological timelines.

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