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An engineer at LinkedIn says, "We've traced this to a code path that only does an equality check between the clipboard contents and the currently typed content
by Reedx 6y ago
An engineer at LinkedIn says, "We've traced this to a code path that only does an equality check between the clipboard contents and the currently typed content in a text box. We don't store or transmit the clipboard contents."[1]
Why? What is the reason for doing that check?
1. https://twitter.com/eberger45/status/1278843576638570496 https://twitter.com/eberger45/status/1278843576638570496
- bencollier49 6y agoI think the suggestion is that it's an anti-spamming measure, in as much as spambots use the paste-from-clipboard functionality. I've no idea if that is remotely valid as an excuse.