Windows – Clipboard history

โฑ๏ธ ๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿฌ-๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—•๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€ ๐Ÿ”’

๐——๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ช๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜€ ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜†?

Yes, it can.

โš ๏ธ A while ago, I saw claims that Windowsย ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜. That surprised me, so I tested it across several VMs and asked a few friends to check their Windows devices.

Iย ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜ย on any of them ๐ŸŽ‰ .

Most of my testing was Windows Pro and Enterprise, with only one Home device, so this isnโ€™t an exhaustive test.

But the featureย ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜, and if enabled, clipboard history can potentially contain sensitive information.

๐Ÿ“Œ Pressย Win + Vย and check yours.