Perhaps the real problem here is that, as noted by Ted Nelson back when the concept started to gain popularity, "[the computer clipboard is] just like a regular

Perhaps the real problem here is that, as noted by Ted Nelson back when the concept started to gain popularity, "[the computer clipboard is] just like a regular clipboard, except (a) you can't see it, (b) it holds only one object, (c) whatever you put there destroys the previous contents." The presented vulnerability hinges on (a), and, Glipper [1] notwithstanding, (a)-(c) is still the default behavior in every GUI I use. [1] https://launchpad.net/glipper https://launchpad.net/glipper