←back to thread

How Dropbox Hacks Your Mac

(applehelpwriter.com)
1037 points 8bitben | 1 comments | 09 Sep 16 15:52 UTC | HN request time: 0.203s | source
Show context
gruez ◴[09 Sep 16 16:41 UTC] No.12463849[source]▶
The fact that any application can spoof the os password prompt makes me wonder why they don't have a prominent feature to show the prompt is from the OS. On windows there is the secure desktop with the dimming effect.
replies(6): >>12463913 #>>12463935 #>>12463946 #>>12464205 #>>12464261 #>>12465995 #
1. ceejayoz ◴[09 Sep 16 16:51 UTC] No.12463946[source]▶
Would the dimming effect be impossible to mimic?