Mark Waddingham wrote:

On 12/13/20 6:02 PM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote:
>>
>> Copying objects is disallowed in an encrypted stack, since of course
>> once an object is copied it could be pasted into an unencrypted
>> stack, and thus expose the source.
>
> Its not the copy that will be failing - but the create. In general you
> can't do anything to an encrypted stack which might cause a script to
> move from where its encrypted to somewhere else or vice-versa. (The
> reason create is disallowed is that you could create a new script via
> setting props of the template object).

Would the copy action not fall under the rubric of "anything to an encrypted stack which might cause a script to move from where its encrypted to somewhere else or vice-versa"?

If I receive a protected stack and copy an object out into an unprotected stack, I would then have access to the object's script.

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 Richard Gaskin
 Fourth World Systems
 Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web
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