- 5 min read
How we measure clipboard latency in ClipHop (and why sub-500 ms is the bar)
What 'fast clipboard sync' actually means: how ClipHop measures end-to-end latency over Bluetooth LE, what L2CAP and GATT give us, and why we set sub-500 ms as the round-trip goal for plain text and URLs.
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Clipboard sync for developers: commands, URLs, and snippets between Android and Mac
Concrete developer workflows that benefit from cross-device clipboard sync: OTPs from the phone to the Mac, kubectl commands the other way, shell snippets, test URLs, log links. How ClipHop fits.
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Manual send by default: how ClipHop handles OTPs, passwords, and sensitive clips
Why ClipHop's default is manual-send — you tap to push each clip — and why content-level password filtering is an honest-to-god lie other clipboard tools tell.
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What your clipboard manager actually sees: a threat model
A plain-language threat model for clipboard managers on Android and macOS. What the OS lets apps read, what a sync tool adds to that, and what the specific attacker classes worth worrying about actually look like.
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ClipHop vs KDE Connect: when to pick which for Android–Mac clipboard sync
An honest side-by-side of ClipHop and KDE Connect for Android–Mac clipboard sharing. Transport, setup, security model, and the scenarios where each one wins.
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How to sync your clipboard between Android and Mac (without the cloud)
Set up two-way clipboard sync between an Android phone and a Mac in about 60 seconds — over Bluetooth LE, no account, no cloud, no shared WiFi. Step-by-step guide with pairing and fingerprint verification.
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Universal Clipboard for Android: what Apple left out (and how ClipHop fills the gap)
Apple's Universal Clipboard is Apple-only and routes through iCloud. If you use an Android phone with a Mac, here's what changes, what the alternatives look like, and how ClipHop's Bluetooth-LE approach compares.
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How ClipHop encrypts your clipboard: X25519, AES-256-GCM, and Ed25519
A complete walkthrough of ClipHop's cryptographic design — X25519 ECDH per reconnect for session keys, AES-256-GCM for authenticated encryption, Ed25519 long-term identity keys in the Keychain / Keystore, and fingerprint verification against MITM.
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Why we chose Bluetooth LE for clipboard sync (over WiFi, iCloud, and LAN)
The engineering rationale for ClipHop: why Bluetooth LE beats WiFi, iCloud, and LAN-based clipboard-sync tools like KDE Connect — and where BLE's honest trade-offs show up.
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Introducing ClipHop
Why we built a Bluetooth-only, end-to-end encrypted clipboard for Android and Mac — and what you get in v0.1.0.
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