Re:Judge Rules Apple Executive Lied Under Oath, Makes Crimin...
by CamperBob2 on Thursday May 01, 2025 @02:23PM
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So you'd prefer that instead of the (rare) UAC prompt, Windows should simply refuse to do what the user asks, unless they pony up for a developer license?
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by wtallis on Thursday May 01, 2025 @02:36PM
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No, but I think it's incredibly naive and shortsighted to suggest that we should impose a legal requirement that any platform adopt such an obviously imperfect approach. Your memories of Windows Vista may have faded, but UAC prompts were certainly not rare when UAC first showed up, and they're still common enough to cause consent fatigue and undermine their effectiveness as a security measure.