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Re:The “Cobra Effect” that is disabling paste on password fi... by delecti on Monday June 27, 2016 @10:41AM (#11986431)
Most of the time websites disable paste by registering "onPaste" events. How do you allow websites to keep doing that when necessary, but not allow the websites that break the paste?
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Re:The “Cobra Effect” that is disabling paste on password fi... by ketralnis on Monday June 27, 2016 @07:28PM (#11990341)
> when necessary

When would I ever want a website to know the difference between me pasting and me typing some text?

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Re:The “Cobra Effect” that is disabling paste on password fi... by okletsgoyayok on Tuesday June 28, 2016 @08:45AM (#11993281)
Kudos +3

Edit: Does anyone else feel... increasingly... trapped?

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