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Very interesting article. Did anyone else notice the website? If you try to select the text, either double-tap or right clicking brings up a indicator "web site

• picture 5y ago
  Just turn off javascript if you want to copy and paste. It's a pretty hostile and anti user design.
• Epiphany21 5y ago
  I noticed this too since it disabled my ability middle click scroll and highlight lines while I read. It appears to be a very ham-handed approach to DRM that many websites are using these days. But, putting it into a text browser lets me copy/paste the whole article. So it's only punishing the legitimate reader using a regular browser with JS enabled, not the potential thief!
  • duskwuff 5y ago
    "These days"? Hooking oncontextmenu and similar events to prevent copy/paste was a common technique in the 1990s and early 2000s. It's largely passed out of usage nowadays, as everyone's realized how ineffective it is.
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