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Its all there in the clipboard history, in plain text, with no expiration at all.

This turns the clipboard feature from a handy short cut into a security issue.

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The history of your copy/pastes is still saved under Samsungs jurisdiction.

Why is that a security flaw?

Samsung moderators confirmed the flaw in the community board, and stated that there is currently no easy solution.

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Currently there is no option to automatically delete anything that has been copied over to the clipboard.

The only option is for users to manually go in and delete anything that is sensitive information.

Since they were first introduced in 2022, more sites and services have adopted them.

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