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Re:Can You Really Trust That Permission Pop-Up on macOS? (CV... by floatrock on Monday May 12, 2025 @06:12PM (#43967938)
Not an os-x developer, but I've always wondered are there any OS guardrails against any (malicious) application showing a window styled the same way as that popup box and just stealing your password?
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Re:Can You Really Trust That Permission Pop-Up on macOS? (CV... by nmgycombinator on Tuesday May 13, 2025 @10:08AM (#43973165)
I mean, I don't know how there would be? Unless they were scanning the text of every pop-up for words convincing the user to enter their computer password. There would be no way to determine intention without some sort of language analysis.
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