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Re:Can You Really Trust That Permission Pop-Up on macOS? (CV... by kalleboo on Monday May 12, 2025 @09:20PM (#43968914)
When they had the touchbar on the MacBook Pros, they would put the authentication in there since that was something only the OS could take full control over.
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Re:Can You Really Trust That Permission Pop-Up on macOS? (CV... by nmgycombinator on Monday May 12, 2025 @10:50PM (#43969287)
That's honestly a pretty smart move.
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Re:Can You Really Trust That Permission Pop-Up on macOS? (CV... by kalleboo on Monday May 12, 2025 @11:04PM (#43969350)
Yeah it's a shame it's just such an overengineered/expensive thing.
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Re:Can You Really Trust That Permission Pop-Up on macOS? (CV... by saagarjha on Tuesday May 13, 2025 @05:48AM (#43971239)
You can draw arbitrary content into it though?
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