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How Dropbox Hacks Your Mac

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1037 points 8bitben | 4 comments | 09 Sep 16 15:52 UTC | HN request time: 0.81s | source
1. the_mitsuhiko ◴[09 Sep 16 18:28 UTC] No.12464832[source]▶
Why does dropbox need to bring up a fake dialog? They could do the same with the system one.
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2. elmigranto ◴[09 Sep 16 18:32 UTC] No.12464869[source]▶
They can't save your root password with system one.
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3. the_mitsuhiko ◴[09 Sep 16 21:54 UTC] No.12466323[source]▶
Why would they need to save the password?
4. hobarrera ◴[09 Sep 16 23:20 UTC] No.12466726[source]▶
It's not a fake dialog, it's the system one.