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Re:Chrome allows websites to write to the clipboard without ... by PoignardAzur on Saturday August 27, 2022 @04:04AM (#32616874)
> Is it to reinforce the notion that users' actions are only to be taken as mere suggestions and ignored if they are contrary to your goals?

Wow, rude.

One possible answer to your question: there is no way for a browser to detect "consent", which is a subtle and nuanced concept, but user gestures have a hard and fast definition, so that's the proxy they use.

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Re:Chrome allows websites to write to the clipboard without ... by ndriscoll on Saturday August 27, 2022 @10:18AM (#32619300)
When a site wants access to my camera or microphone, the browser detects my consent by asking me. I don't see why listening to clipboard events shouldn't be treated in the same way. Likewise with mouse and keyboard tracking events.

The number of sites that reasonably need to know when I copy/paste or need to override what happens when I do that is approximately zero. There's no reason to allow it by default for all sites.

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