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Show HN: A browser extension that prevents “pastejacking”

5 pointsby byooglealmost 9 years ago

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byooglealmost 9 years ago
Pastejacking is an interesting new exploit that was discussed last week on HN: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=11757973" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=11757973</a><p>I took a crack at creating a patch in the form of an extension since I’ve created some similar extensions before (Adblock Fast, Disconnect, Facebook Disconnect). The extension works by providing a small shim to override exploitable JS methods on the webpages you go to.<p>You can install Hardened Paste for Chrome from the Web Store: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;chrome.google.com&#x2F;webstore&#x2F;detail&#x2F;hardened-paste&#x2F;gielgconhpjjpkkfomnkdnfinilggdmk" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;chrome.google.com&#x2F;webstore&#x2F;detail&#x2F;hardened-paste&#x2F;gie...</a><p>An Opera port is in review and, if there’s interest, we can also port the extension to Firefox and Safari.