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How Dropbox Hacks Your Mac

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gruez ◴[] 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.
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pritambaral ◴[] No.12463935[source]
Is the "secure desktop with dimming effect" not spoofable?
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BinaryIdiot ◴[] No.12464194[source]
Not really. Sure you can make a replica of it but it won't behave the same because you'll be able to minimize or close it but the secure desktop you can't do jack to until you either accept to decline whatever it's asking.
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1. DINKDINK ◴[] No.12464410{3}[source]
>you can make a replica of it but it won't behave the same because you'll be able to minimize or close it

but it would still achieve its purpose of phishing a root password