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Re:Can You Really Trust That Permission Pop-Up on macOS? (CV... by accrual on Monday May 12, 2025 @04:49PM (#43967320)
Discord does this as well I believe. I often needed to enter the administrator password to install a helper after the system had been off for a couple days.
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Re:Can You Really Trust That Permission Pop-Up on macOS? (CV... by nartho on Monday May 12, 2025 @05:24PM (#43967595)
Discord, Slack and VS Code desktop apps are all built using Electron, so I'm guessing this is an Electron issue.
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Re:Can You Really Trust That Permission Pop-Up on macOS? (CV... by jonplackett on Monday May 12, 2025 @04:58PM (#43967401)
And they are sooooo insistent. Just keep bugging you forever
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