[aklug] Re: browser copy-and-paste vulnerability

From: barsalou <barjunk@attglobal.net>
Date: Tue Apr 09 2013 - 15:42:55 AKDT

Quoting bryanm@acsalaska.net:

> Here's a useful warning about why you might not want to copy and paste
> commands from a web page -- or, I imagine, from an HTML email.
>
> http://thejh.net/misc/website-terminal-copy-paste
>

Am I being too narrow in my thinking or can this be thwarted by
copying and pasting that code into something like notepad?

That would certainly expose any hidden code.

Of course folks may not be thinking of that as they are copying and
pasting code.

Mike B.

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