1. The term clipboard hijacking predates my post, so I don't get your point. And yes, if it could access your clipboard that would be insanely insecure. 2. Th

1. The term clipboard hijacking predates my post, so I don't get your point. And yes, if it could access your clipboard that would be insanely insecure. 2. This has nothing to do with overriding standard clipboard functionality. 3. "Due to browser and Flash security restrictions, this clipboard injection can ONLY occur when the user clicks on the invisible Flash movie. A simulated click event from JavaScript will not suffice as this would enable clipboard poisoning." So no, this cannot occur already with Flash. Simply hovering over text is enough with this new API to augment your clipboard. At worst this overrides your clipboard which could contain important information. Visiting a click bait site accidentally could potentially destroy your work (assuming it was in the clipboard). How often do you use this feature already? Would it really make it so cumbersome that you'd never use it. Do you never use location, microphone, full screen, webcam, etc APIs because they ask for permission? I doubt it. I think it's a bit bold and bit too early for you to be making any claims about whether or not this will be abused. I think you have far too much trust in advertisers.