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Re:Can You Really Trust That Permission Pop-Up on macOS? (CV... by jeroenhd on Tuesday May 13, 2025 @04:39AM (#43970828)
Having Touch ID does not immediately make all password popups disappear. I think it may be because of MDM/security settings my company puts on my work macbook, but now I get the joy of password prompts that sometimes work with Touch ID and other times demand a password.

I prefer UAC over whatever the hell Apple is doing. I've had days where I close my applications after a day of work and find two or three password prompts just hovering in the background. Were they important? Should I still permit them? Who knows!

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Re:Can You Really Trust That Permission Pop-Up on macOS? (CV... by ziml77 on Tuesday May 13, 2025 @08:17PM (#43979366)
Nothing with MDM, it's just what happens with those. I have no idea why it happens but I suspect in some cases it's badly coded apps directly asking for creds rather letting the OS do it. Whatever the reason for it is though, it's very annoying and pretty sketchy.
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