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Is clipboard content sold to alibaba? - Answer: No Jan 10, 2018

  1. v1nc Donut Jan 10, 2018

    v1nc, Jan 10, 2018 :
    Hello guys:
    I'm using a app called NetGuard as a firewall via a local VPN. After I updated to the last beta update with security patch 1. December, I noticed a new app wich traffic was automatically blocked. Screenshot_20180103-224342__01.jpg
    It's a system app I never noticed, so I think it's new. I rode something about the clipboard in the update log. Screenshot_20180104-172656__01.jpg
    As I look in the WHOIS entry for this ip, I noticed the block is owend by alibaba!!
    Screenshot_20180104-172816__01.jpg
    You can check it yourself if you want. I'm watching the traffic since I got the 3t, and I never saw a system or OnePlus app talking to an alibaba server. So I think OnePlus is selling our clipboard directely from phone to alibaba, with no anonymysation or something...

    Edit by moderators:
    The answer is NO, data isn't sold. The answers are in the stickied posts below this one.
     
    Last edited by a moderator: Jan 12, 2018
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  2. rarog Lollipop Senior Moderator Jan 11, 2018

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    rarog, Jan 11, 2018 :
    Looks like there is some official statement. Android Police featured the find of the thread starter (http://www.androidpolice.com/2018/0...clipboard-data-to-alibaba-controlled-servers/) and quotes this:
    Haven't found this statement in the forums yet, so it might have been given directly to AP.
     
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  3. rarog Lollipop Senior Moderator Jan 12, 2018

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    rarog, Jan 12, 2018 :
    To quote it:

    The actual analysis of the user, which is interesting for people deeper in the matter: https://www.reddit.com/r/oneplus/comments/7prvrj/i_looked_into_what_actually_is_being_sent_and/
     
    Last edited: Jan 12, 2018
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  4. sfomin Marshmallow Jan 10, 2018

    sfomin, Jan 10, 2018 :
    not surprising for oneplus to do that :rolleyes:
     
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  5. izzykasha KitKat Jan 10, 2018

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    omerkirat, G_Samir_Ahmed_Wakil_cDWG, AmitS89 and 3 others like this.

  6. StopTheStupid Froyo Jan 10, 2018

    StopTheStupid, Jan 10, 2018 :
    Yeah thats very fishy indeed, can you confirm or someone else comfirm that this is present on stable?

    If so i'm no legal expert but that sounds pretty illegal in a lot of countries
     
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    omerkirat, G_Samir_Ahmed_Wakil_cDWG, patrick.kopper and 3 others like this.

  7. thesplitter Honeycomb Jan 10, 2018

    thesplitter, Jan 10, 2018 :
    wow, this is a serious thing.
    OnePlus can say anything this time, still, why would the clipboard app send any data to the internet? it should just manage local content and it should especially keep it encrypted and secret
     
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    omerkirat, akshayr723, Someshwar_Guru and 7 others like this.

  8. StopTheStupid Froyo Jan 10, 2018

    StopTheStupid, Jan 10, 2018 :
    Keep bumping this thread, would be a good idea to post this on the Oneplus Reddit for some traction
     
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    omerkirat, G_Samir_Ahmed_Wakil_cDWG, patrick.kopper and 2 others like this.

  9. Deepak.Si KitKat Jan 10, 2018

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  10. sfomin Marshmallow Jan 10, 2018

    sfomin, Jan 10, 2018 :
    both :D
     
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  11. shaked85 Eclair Jan 10, 2018

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  12. Bobbie63 Lollipop Jan 10, 2018

    Bobbie63, Jan 10, 2018 :
    Hey, at oneplus they have mouth to feed! :p
     
    Last edited: Jan 12, 2018
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    omerkirat, G_Erick_Gomes_bRiY, G_Samir_Ahmed_Wakil_cDWG and 5 others like this.

  13. shaked85 Eclair Jan 10, 2018

    shaked85, Jan 10, 2018 :
    I actually downloaded the app and tried to block the clipboard but it's not found on my phone, I have oxygen os 5.0.1
    Maybe it's a virus app you downloaded?
     
    #11

  14. thesplitter Honeycomb Jan 10, 2018

    thesplitter, Jan 10, 2018 :
    it's a system app that came with the last open beta
     
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  15. shaked85 Eclair Jan 10, 2018

    shaked85, Jan 10, 2018 :
    oh, I thought it was on the stable release as well. my bad, sorry
     
    #13

  16. idkwhoiam322 Marshmallow Jan 10, 2018

    #14

  17. Deepak.Si KitKat Jan 10, 2018

    #15
    akshayr723, G_Samir_Ahmed_Wakil_cDWG, GopalB. and 2 others like this.

  18. psycholyzern Eclair Jan 10, 2018

    psycholyzern, Jan 10, 2018 :
    I carefully choosing my keyboard because I don't want 3rd party to read my clipboard. Then this? LOL. Irony
     
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  19. SpasilliumNexus Froyo Jan 10, 2018

    SpasilliumNexus, Jan 10, 2018 :
    Why the f*ck is there a need for a separate clipboard app when the built in one in Android works fine!? STOP MAKING USELESS SH*T AND FIX WHAT PEOPLE HAVE BEEN REQUESTING FOR THE LONGEST!

    No one asked for a Notes app or icon packs either!
     
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    omerkirat, Bharanivijay, G_Marcel._.Letzing._kAHw and 4 others like this.

  20. apopet26 Froyo Jan 10, 2018

    #18
    omerkirat, G_Samir_Ahmed_Wakil_cDWG, G_Marcel._.Letzing._kAHw and 5 others like this.

  21. Topper_Gas Jelly Bean Jan 10, 2018

    Topper_Gas, Jan 10, 2018 :
    How much data has your Clipboard app used? My phone is suggesting just 37.00KB has been used since 29 Dec, so if it is sending data off to Alibaba he doesn't seem to sending a lot off?

    I've now switched off background data on the assumption that will now stop any data leaving my phone.
     
    #19

  22. Tiwi1990 Ice Cream Sandwich Jan 10, 2018

    #20
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