How do I disable backspace when input checkboxes are focused on in jQuery?

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How do I disable the backspace button when input checkboxes are focused on in jQuery? When checkboxes are focused on and I press backspace (keycode=8) the browser thinks I'm trying to go back a page and uses backspace as a history.go(-1) command.

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