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Les
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Comp Geeks	Fri, 26 August 2005 04:20

Q. Can we fix this perceived security issue? We do copy various data by ctrl+c for pasting elsewhere. This copied data is stored in clipboard and is accessible from the net by a combination of JavaScript's and ASP. Just try this: 1) Copy any text by ctrl+c 2) Click the Link: http://www.friendlycanadian.com/applications/clipb oard.htm 3) You will see the text you copied on the Screen which was accessed by this web page. Do not keep sensitive data (like passwords, credit card numbers, PIN etc.) in the clipboard while surfing the web. It is extremely easy to extract the text stored in the clipboard to steal your sensitive information. NEVER COPY ANY IMPORTANT STUFF AND KEEP IN THE CLIPBOARD WHILE SURFING THE NET. can a computer geek explain how this works and whether it is real or not ? does not work with netscape [Updated on: Fri, 26 August 2005 04:21] [Report message to a moderator]

Nark
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Re: Comp Geeks	Fri, 26 August 2005 04:25

Simple (non-standard) JavaScript functionality provided by IE. Firefox/Mozilla don't allow this AFAIK. It's just another case of Microsoft providing functionality without thinking about the security implications. [Report message to a moderator]

Les
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Re: Comp Geeks	Fri, 26 August 2005 04:51

no 5hit .. thats no good [Report message to a moderator]

Merudo
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Re: Comp Geeks	Fri, 26 August 2005 05:03

Its things like this and mainly the other reason is so i dont accidentally copy-paste something else (picked up this habit from using irc) is after you've copy pasted what you want to say, just copy a random letter to your clipboard, ie select a letter off a page or from a conversation, and then press ctrl-c that way if anything like this does try and log whats in your clipboard, they get nothing and if you accidentally paste something into an irc window, it wont be a whole text file, getting you banned from the channel/server. heh [Report message to a moderator]

rob_RA40
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Re: Comp Geeks

Fri, 26 August 2005 05:20

Merudo wrote on Fri, 26 August 2005 15:03

Its things like this and mainly the other reason is so i dont accidentally copy-paste something else (picked up this habit from using irc) is after you've copy pasted what you want to say, just copy a random letter to your clipboard, ie select a letter off a page or from a conversation, and then press ctrl-c

that way if anything like this does try and log whats in your clipboard, they get nothing

and if you accidentally paste something into an irc window, it wont be a whole text file, getting you banned from the channel/server. Sad

heh

i have that happening when im cybering nark and then accidently hit ctrl+v in the toymods chat room, then everyone sees nark is a full ho' and they gang-cyber him he loves it Heart

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Nark
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Re: Comp Geeks	Fri, 26 August 2005 05:36

Ooh... I just made a mess on my desk... [Report message to a moderator]

Merudo
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Re: Comp Geeks	Fri, 26 August 2005 05:44

Wait... so I'm not the only one who cybers nark? NARK!!!! you e-whore!! (oh and for what it's worth, I use firefox at home... but IE at work. shakes fist) [Report message to a moderator]

Nark
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Re: Comp Geeks	Fri, 26 August 2005 05:49

Sorry fellas... Just wait 'till Draven reads this... [Report message to a moderator]

Merudo
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Re: Comp Geeks	Fri, 26 August 2005 05:52

I want a divorce. And I'm taking the celica. That's final. [Report message to a moderator]

rob_RA40
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Re: Comp Geeks	Fri, 26 August 2005 05:55

if draven kicks up a stink we are totally gonna e-spitroast him. [Report message to a moderator]

draven
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Re: Comp Geeks	Fri, 26 August 2005 05:56

well... what can I say? I always thought it was you, me, glen and ed... now I find out you've been going behind our backs and slutting around with these dirty little miscreants? Rob was always going to be a temptation (and tbh, I must say I have indulged on a whim there more than once)... but how many more of these man-whores can I expect to have come out of the woodwork? Will a 10-round clip be enough to take care of them, or should I buy reloads? [Report message to a moderator]

Merudo
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Re: Comp Geeks

Fri, 26 August 2005 05:59

draven wrote on Fri, 26 August 2005 15:56

now I find out you've been going behind our backs and slutting around with these dirty little miscreants?

I drive a soarer, it is to be accepted that I am irresistable. Heart

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Nark
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Re: Comp Geeks	Fri, 26 August 2005 09:10

Does anyone else find it funny that it's always Les's threads that end up like this? BTW, Draven, you were in a different post code... [Report message to a moderator]