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Re:Ask HN: When will clipboard support finally come to brows... by sgehlich on Wednesday September 25, 2013 @04:36PM (#6447127)
Okay, good point on getting the clipboard data. But what about setting it? I don't see a big security concern there.

Also, what if the user has to give permission to read the clipboard per default, but he can also check 'Always allow for this tab'?

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Re:Ask HN: When will clipboard support finally come to brows... by yogo on Wednesday September 25, 2013 @05:00PM (#6447251)
No thanks. I definitely don't want a site to have the ability to set my clipboard. It will be much easier to help spread malicious links (visiting a site using paste and go). Plus what about the annoyance of having something in your clipboard that you were going to paste somewhere then due to visiting another site it gets wiped?
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