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A settings dialog screen in Microsoft Edge showing "Site Permissions / Clipboard" with text "Ask when a site wants to see text and images copied to the clipboard (recommended) - will block if turned off" and a switch next to it showing the off position.

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A settings dialog screen in Microsoft Edge showing "Site Permissions / Clipboard" with text "Ask when a site wants to see text and images copied to the clipboard (recommended) - will block if turned off" and a switch next to it showing the off position.
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Daniel Appelquist (torgo@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 13-Mar-2025 22:52:03 JST Daniel Appelquist

A web browser should *NEVER* be able to look inside your clipboard without an explicit user action (such as ctrl-v). Honestly, this should not be a controversial statement. Microsoft Edge is one of the browsers that ships this dangerous capability. Here is the dialog you need to hunt for to turn this API off.

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