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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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