Chrome team just landed a patch that lets sites block “View Source”

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Post by monday_ » Thu, Nov 11, 2021, 1:10 PM UTC

Chrome team just landed a patch that lets sites block “View Source”
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Re: Chrome team just landed a patch that lets sites block “View Source”

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Post by ParadisoShlee » Thu, Nov 11, 2021, 1:20 PM UTC

This is the slippery slope to the NFT people blocking right click!

Re: Chrome team just landed a patch that lets sites block “View Source”

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Post by afavour » Thu, Nov 11, 2021, 1:21 PM UTC

No they didn’t. It allows the machine owner to block use of view source:

https://twitter.com/jaffathecake/status/1458730029819514883?...

As the thread indicates, admins already do this via browser extensions that are often horribly implemented. This is an officially sanctioned alternatives for e.g. machines where users take exams.

Re: Chrome team just landed a patch that lets sites block “View Source”

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Post by lewisjoe » Thu, Nov 11, 2021, 1:22 PM UTC

Here's Jake Archibald's defence against the decision - https://twitter.com/jaffathecake/status/1458730029819514883

Re: Chrome team just landed a patch that lets sites block “View Source”

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Post by draw_down » Thu, Nov 11, 2021, 1:22 PM UTC

afavour wrote: post #3

No they didn’t. It allows the machine owner to block use of view source: https://twitter.com/jaffathecake/status/1458730029819514883?... As the thread indicates, admins already do this via browser extensions that are often horribly implemented. This is an officially sanctioned alternatives for e.g. machines where users take exams.

Yeah, seems like an important distinction.

Re: Chrome team just landed a patch that lets sites block “View Source”

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Post by gjsman-1000 » Thu, Nov 11, 2021, 1:23 PM UTC

In an enterprise deployment? I see no problem with that - enterprises should be able to customize almost anything (see Windows Group Policy).

Heck, I’d probably disable View Source for the non-technical departments so they wouldn’t accidentally click it, get confused, and file a ticket.

Re: Chrome team just landed a patch that lets sites block “View Source”

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Post by DerekBickerton » Thu, Nov 11, 2021, 1:23 PM UTC

What are they going to deprecate hitting F12 and 'hacking' a webpage next?

Re: Chrome team just landed a patch that lets sites block “View Source”

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Post by IiydAbITMvJkqKf » Thu, Nov 11, 2021, 1:23 PM UTC

No, they didn't. How did this make it to the front page?

Re: Chrome team just landed a patch that lets sites block “View Source”

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Post by FpUser » Thu, Nov 11, 2021, 1:24 PM UTC

Doctor, my arm hurts. Not to worry we'll chop it off. This type of solution.