[LINK] Disable clipboard for password input

[Paul Bolger]

So does disabling pasting into the password field provide any benefit
for the site owner, besides annoying the users?



On 30 June 2014 15:01, Scott Howard <scott at doc.net.au> wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 29, 2014 at 7:52 PM, Rick Welykochy <rick at vitendo.ca> wrote:
>
>> A comment on the plug-in page mentioned security and privacy issues being
>> addressed
>> by this plug-in. Now that I think about it, I suppose anything on your
>> clipboard could
>> be surreptitiously copied to rogue websites. Not a pleasant thought. Do
>> you know what
>> is in your clipboard right now?
>>
>
> None of the major browsers allow websites (including Javascript/etc) to
> access the contents of the clipboard.
>
> Flash used to be able to do it, but I'm fairly sure that was removed
> several versions ago.
>
>   Scott
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