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		EGreg 8 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Can you trust that permission pop-up on macOS? I just told you how… it would show your special icon or phrase inside so you’d confirm it before you typed anything. The phrase would be managed through a system screen, like a login screen

cyral 8 months ago [–]

Problem is most users will not care or understand it. Someone will spoof the dialog without the special icon or phrase and users would still enter the password.

trollbridge 8 months ago | [–]

Banks did this years ago, but a few surveys showed nobody actually checked for their key phrase or image.

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