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Re:Can You Really Trust That Permission Pop-Up on macOS? (CV... by closeparen on Monday May 12, 2025 @04:08PM (#43966970)
Maybe it's smart enough to require re-authorization when the binary changes?
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Re:Can You Really Trust That Permission Pop-Up on macOS? (CV... by ubercow13 on Monday May 12, 2025 @04:16PM (#43967034)
Why would the helper binary change that much? A setuid-ish binary should be ultra simple and not constantly changing I'd assume.
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Re:Can You Really Trust That Permission Pop-Up on macOS? (CV... by QuercusMax on Monday May 12, 2025 @04:21PM (#43967064)
...and it should be able to replace itself.
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