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		_khhm on Feb 13, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Firefox Nightly now plays Amazon.com Flash videos ... Imagine a web where you could just write to the users clipboard without a plugin + requiring a click. It would NEVER be safe to Ctrl+V again!

lewisl9029 on Feb 14, 2015 [–]

The requiring a click part is the only relevant implementation detail for this functionality, in my opinion. Whether or not it requires a plugin shouldn't matter.

In fact, requiring a plugin for this functionality only serves to increase the attack surface for the browser as a platform.

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