[tor-bugs] #22814 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Disable clipboard.autocopy in Tor Browser

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#22814: Disable clipboard.autocopy in Tor Browser
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 Reporter:  pqrst                     |          Owner:  tbb-team
     Type:  defect                    |         Status:  needs_review
 Priority:  Medium                    |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser  |        Version:
 Severity:  Major                     |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  TorBrowserTeam201709R     |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:                            |         Points:
 Reviewer:                            |        Sponsor:
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Changes (by cypherpunks):

 * keywords:   => TorBrowserTeam201709R
 * status:  new => needs_review


Comment:

 Mozilla finally decided to fix this 11 year old bug report and set
 `middlemouse.contentLoadURL` to `false` in Firefox 57:
 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=366945

 I think it would be nice if someone from the TB team backports this easy
 patch,

 {{{
 diff --git a/modules/libpref/init/all.js b/modules/libpref/init/all.js
 --- a/modules/libpref/init/all.js
 +++ b/modules/libpref/init/all.js
 @@ -4256,7 +4256,6 @@ pref("browser.drag_out_of_frame_style",

  // Middle-mouse handling
  pref("middlemouse.paste", true);
 -pref("middlemouse.contentLoadURL", true);
  pref("middlemouse.openNewWindow", true);
  pref("middlemouse.scrollbarPosition", true);

 @@ -4319,7 +4318,6 @@ pref("browser.drag_out_of_frame_style",

  // Middle-mouse handling
  pref("middlemouse.paste", true);
 -pref("middlemouse.contentLoadURL", true);
  pref("middlemouse.openNewWindow", true);
  pref("middlemouse.scrollbarPosition", true);
 }}}

 It handles Android as well

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