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This is why distributions are moving towards Wayland and container-izing most applications; this allows each application to be in its own sandbox with no capabi
by CyberShadow 5y ago
This is why distributions are moving towards Wayland and container-izing most applications; this allows each application to be in its own sandbox with no capability of interacting with other applications without the user/system's explicit consent.
- destructionator 5y agoIt is quite easy to do that with X as well. It doesn't transfer data at all until the clipboard data is requested, and at that point, the clipboard owner knows which window is requesting it and is free to ask the user or deny the request. No applications I'm aware of do this in practice though, beyond the normal content negotiation.
- CyberShadow 5y agoThe protocol actually allows for applications to request the clipboard data to be delivered to someone else's window. I haven't tried it, but I think it would work.