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[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Don't think it can. The copy paste function is a function of the operating system not the application.

[–] deadcream@sopuli.xyz 17 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Clipboard is provided by the OS, but application chooses how to integrate with it.

When you select text and hit ctrl-c or click copy in the context menu, it's all done by the application. And it may choose to remove/disable this feature.

[–] KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 12 points 3 days ago

Applications (and websites) can definitely allow / deny copy/paste into specific text fields; I'm not sure if they could disable it for the entire browser as a whole but I can't imagine they'd ever do so even if it's possible.

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Maybe not completely 100% locked down, but what about making it difficult to access for non-technical users? Also what about chrome mobile browsers? On mobile it is much easier to block copy and paste right?