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Re:Tell HN: Cisco WebEx on OS X uses the same pre-installer ... by CGamesPlay on Thursday April 09, 2020 @08:08AM (#22821747)
To be fair, Apple has rectified this flaw by writing the Mac App Store, where applications can't pull these shenanigans and are properly sandboxed from one another.
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Re:Tell HN: Cisco WebEx on OS X uses the same pre-installer ... by lonelappde on Thursday April 09, 2020 @12:34PM (#22824287)
Why is the store relevant to sandboxing?
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Re:Tell HN: Cisco WebEx on OS X uses the same pre-installer ... by CGamesPlay on Thursday April 09, 2020 @08:01PM (#22828527)
They only allow sandboxed apps to be placed on the store.
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