[tor-bugs] #13014 [Tor Browser]: copy and paste trick could be used to deanonymise users

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Tue Sep 2 08:15:25 UTC 2014


#13014: copy and paste trick could be used to deanonymise users
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     Reporter:  cypherpunks  |      Owner:  tbb-team
         Type:  defect       |     Status:  new
     Priority:  normal       |  Milestone:
    Component:  Tor Browser  |    Version:
   Resolution:               |   Keywords:
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Comment (by cypherpunks):

 Since the trick relies on CSS attributes to hide the malicious text from
 the user, maybe one could mitigate this by ensuring that certain
 attributes (display/position) are ignored on selected text (the CSS
 -[moz-]selection selector).

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