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Re: Clipboard Access

Posted: Sun Sep 15, 2013 10:12 pm
by Ranguna259
DaedalusYoung wrote:Is it just me, or is random clipboard access, for any application a huge security breach?
Why would you say that ? All applications in your computer have access to your clipboard.

Re: Clipboard Access

Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2013 1:37 pm
by bartbes
Ranguna259 wrote: Why would you say that ? All applications in your computer have access to your clipboard.
Yet your clipboard should never contain sensitive data in the first place.

Re: Clipboard Access

Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2013 5:23 pm
by Ranguna259
Precisely

Re: Clipboard Access

Posted: Mon Sep 16, 2013 11:01 pm
by DaedalusYoung
Ranguna259 wrote: Why would you say that ? All applications in your computer have access to your clipboard.
Because I was under the impression clipboard could not be accessed by other applications. A part in memory that can share its contents when the user requests, not when an application requests.
bartbes wrote: Yet your clipboard should never contain sensitive data in the first place.
Well that's news to me, everybody's going on about security in cookies, but clipboard is thought to be safe.

Re: Clipboard Access

Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2013 6:04 am
by jjmafiae
DaedalusYoung wrote: Well that's news to me, everybody's going on about security in cookies, but clipboard is thought to be safe.
just eat those damn cookies and then there's no problem.


are appdata the clipboard on windows?

Re: Clipboard Access

Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2013 12:31 pm
by Nixola
jjmafiae wrote:are appdata the clipboard on windows?
The clipboard is the 'place' where text goes when it's copied (as well as other data types) and from where it's read when it's pasted. It only exists in the RAM, I think

Re: Clipboard Access

Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2013 1:30 pm
by jjmafiae
Nixola wrote:
jjmafiae wrote:are appdata the clipboard on windows?
The clipboard is the 'place' where text goes when it's copied (as well as other data types) and from where it's read when it's pasted. It only exists in the RAM, I think
i use it to store pictures of cats and dogs, and löve uses it for things too.