Re: [LUG] Possible browser security problem

[Grant Phillips-Sewell <dcglug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 15 Jul 2020, 12:12 Tom via list, <list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I was just reading a latin quote in an online paper and cut it so I
could drop it into Translate.Google and that page came up with latin
already selected as the From language. I've tried a few other ones
though my test is probably a bit dodgy it seems the page can read the
buffer before its pasted. This strikes me as a security hazard.

Tom te tom te tom

Does it work if you copy data from a source that is outside the browser?

Grant. :)

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