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To solve this, browsers should probably disallow modifying the clipboard after a certain time period from the event. Eg. 500ms.

• bbcbasic 10y ago
  FTFY: To solve this, browsers should probably disallow modifying the clipboard .
  • Cthulhu_ 10y ago
    That would probably break a lot of WYSIWYG-like editors.
    • bbcbasic 10y ago
      Touche. Then maybe it should be like location you opt-in per domain, as another poster said in this discussion.
• Manishearth 10y ago
  They do. Browsers only let you intercept and tweak existing clipboard events.