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Re:Online ad giant Adform was hacked, proving once again why... by schaefer on Tuesday August 04, 2026 @01:46PM (#49172284)
What?

If copy and paste is disabled in my default browser that would be something like 80% of my total of my total use cases for the clipboard in the first place.

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Re:Online ad giant Adform was hacked, proving once again why... by tpoacher on Tuesday August 04, 2026 @02:00PM (#49172477)
They're not saying your manual copy/pasting from a browser window onto your clipboard shouldn't be possible; they're saying the browser itself shouldn't allow this functionality to be scriptable internally.

The former is a system event, not a browser one.

This is similar to how on google docs if you try to copy via the edit menu, it pops up to say use Ctrl-C instead.

Honestly, I too am surprised a JavaScript plugin was able to access and alter the system clipboard in the first place too.

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