Official documentation
What's new in privacy (WWDC22 session 10096)
Apple Developer, 2022
Read the originalRead on October 17, 2026
- What it is
- Apple's 2022 developer session on privacy changes. It explains that in iOS 16 the system confirms the user's intent before one app can read pasteboard items written by another app.
- How much weight it carries
- Official Apple developer video with a transcript. It describes the design intent behind the change, not the exact wording users see in the paste prompt today.
Facts taken from this source
- Apple said in 2022 that from iOS 16 the system confirms the user's intent before an app reads pasteboard items written by another app.
“In iOS 16, the system confirms intent for all access to pasteboard items written by other apps.” (Pasteboard access section of the session transcript)