Chrome team just landed a patch that lets sites block “View Source” (mastodon.social) 41 points by monday_ 4y ago ↗ HN
[–] afavour 4y ago ↗ 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. [–] [dead] draw_down 4y ago ↗ Yeah, seems like an important distinction.
[–] lewisjoe 4y ago ↗ Here's Jake Archibald's defence against the decision - https://twitter.com/jaffathecake/status/1458730029819514883
[–] gjsman-1000 4y ago ↗ 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.
[–] DerekBickerton 4y ago ↗ What are they going to deprecate hitting F12 and 'hacking' a webpage next?
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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.
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.