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Re:iOS Privacy: Easily get a user's Apple ID password, just ... by kminehart on Tuesday October 10, 2017 @10:50AM (#15442244)
> doesn't work when UAC is enabled

Which is funny because disabling UAC is one of the first things I (and many many others) have done since Windows 7 to make using Windows a little more tolerable.

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Re:iOS Privacy: Easily get a user's Apple ID password, just ... by amq on Tuesday October 10, 2017 @11:04AM (#15442376)
I could understand disabling UAC on Vista, but I find it perfectly sensible since Win7. Also blame ancient programs which request administrator access without reason.
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Re:iOS Privacy: Easily get a user's Apple ID password, just ... by gruez on Tuesday October 10, 2017 @11:20AM (#15442529)
>I find it perfectly sensible since Win7

funny thing is, the thing that made it "sensible" since win7 also makes it insecure. if you care about security, it's prompt for everything or nothing.

https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20160816-00/?p=...

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Re:iOS Privacy: Easily get a user's Apple ID password, just ... by xenophonf on Tuesday October 10, 2017 @11:11AM (#15442441)
That's like running everything as root or passwordless sudo. Seriously: don't do that.
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