Microsoft Corporation LinkedIn has been able to access the iPhone and iPad in order to steal sensitive information without the knowledge of the users. The case Bauer v. LinkedIn Corp.,  Apple stated that it uses a Universal Clipboard to derive and read data from one Apple device and draw this information and use it on other Apple devices with the consumer. However, LinkedIn has violated the privacy clause and used this Universal clipboard to its own advantage to steal the information of its consumers as stated by Apple in San Francisco federal court. The recent update introduced by the developers of Apple in their operating system that is iOS 14 they found that this Universal clipboard application was being used by LinkedIn a lot. This stated it was being used constantly to cut copy and paste including photos text emails and medical records full stop they stated that they were not only spying on the users but also spying on the computers and other devices that they have been using and are connected to their phones. Greg Snapper who is the spokesperson of LinkedIn has been reviewing this lawsuit and the Head of Engineering has stated that LinkedIn does not perform any such tasks. The lawsuit for the same was filed in July 2020, after a customer of Apple contacted them about these concerns. However, the jury is yet to decide this case. If proven, it can be a threat to the existence of LinkedIn.

According to the laws of California, this is a violation of privacy laws. Even Forbes and Verge have previously spoken about this constant stealing of information by LinkedIn.LinkedIn then came up with the new version in which they fixed the said problem and stated that it was a software bug. This cannot be taken as a reasonable excuse as the lawsuit has clearly stated that it is a violation of privacy laws. A similar lawsuit was filed against a Russian citizen who was hacking Dropbox and LinkedIn and was using sensitive information about the customers. The man was convicted of this crime in 2012. The Russian hacker who was aiding LinkedIn and Dropbox to conduct such illegal hacking was sentenced and charged with conspiracy and computer hacking.

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