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Re:How to control what is copy-pasted to and from the clipbo... by taye on Sunday December 22, 2013 @09:02AM (#6950314)
I've never actually noticed any site doing that to me as I usually browse with NoScript.

I wrote that post with the intention of using the solution in apps to copy/paste app data in plain text - eg. selecting multiple objects in a drawing app and copying them as a JSON string.

I guess NoScript/Ghostery/AdBlock Plus could be considered solutions to your problem.

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Re:How to control what is copy-pasted to and from the clipbo... by riffraff on Sunday December 22, 2013 @01:18PM (#6951062)
> I've never actually noticed any site doing that to me as I usually browse with NoScript.

Not necessarily a solution, as you can do it with css only. For example, people can put a 0-sized snippet at the end of the text, and then pad with some non-copyable text, so you select ABC, end up copying AB<something else>.

IIRC twitter does this for urls (think "http://oo.com…").

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Re:How to control what is copy-pasted to and from the clipbo... by protomyth on Sunday December 22, 2013 @09:22AM (#6950365)
Your use sounds quite nice. Sadly, it seems that the abuse is much more common. Thanks for the suggestions.
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