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Re:Disclosure: Another macOS privacy protections bypass by nwellnhof on Tuesday June 30, 2020 @09:31AM (#23689786)
Shouldn't 'Safari.app/Contents/Resources/HTMLViewController.js' be codesigned? Why does Safari launch at all if this file was modified?
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Re:Disclosure: Another macOS privacy protections bypass by saagarjha on Tuesday June 30, 2020 @12:10PM (#23691542)
IIRC once an app is launched the resources are not checked again. Let me see if I can look up if this is documented somewhere.
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Re:Disclosure: Another macOS privacy protections bypass by jonhermansen on Tuesday June 30, 2020 @07:12PM (#23695896)
Wouldn't that kinda defeat the whole purpose of signing the app?
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Re:Disclosure: Another macOS privacy protections bypass by saagarjha on Tuesday June 30, 2020 @07:26PM (#23695995)
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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