CHcharles_f·May 15, 2024
Side note on this clever work around https://github.com/aaronraimist/DontFuckWithPaste
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aaronraimist / DontFuckWithPaste
DontFuckWithPaste
Google Chrome and Firefox extension that prevents the blocking of pasting into input fields
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Google Chrome and Firefox extension that prevents the blocking of pasting into input fields
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
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| 2018 | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 1 | 2 |
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5 sourcesI just read through the 65LOC source, and it's because it swaps out an active or inactive extension icon based on your active tab.
https://github.com/aaronraimist/DontFuckWithPaste/blob/8cb68...
In Don't fuck with pasteThere are some extensions that help, e.g. https://github.com/aaronraimist/DontFuckWithPaste. It just allows you to paste, IIRC, not copy, but if someone was really annoyed I guess they could make one for copying. And NoScript had some clickjacking protection, but it hasn't been ported to the WebExtension yet.
Typically though these are done with third-party scripts and just blocking the script is sufficient.
In this case it isn't so uBlock has a rule:
https://www.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/comments/7l54xr/metro_...
In Websites can change content inside a selectionI feel the same way. A bandaid for the situation: you can use browser extensions/add-ons to restore paste functionality on these web pages. For example, I use this one:
https://github.com/aaronraimist/DontFuckWithPaste
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