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  • side note but what is the consensus on figuring out whether small brew packages like this one are malicious?

    I'm sure this one probably isn't, but I have no clue how I would know whether it is without reviewing the source code myself (or pointing an agent at it etc)

    by HughParry
  • Amazing. I'd LOVE for you to expand it, to also auto-dismiss "Foo.app would like to access data from other apps."

    Adobe programs ask for this every time they start, and Claude Code randomly asks me this daily out of nowhere. It doesn't matter how many times I click "Don't Allow", it never gets remembered. (But of course if I ever mistakenly click "Allow" even once, that gets remembered for eternity and I never get asked again...)

    by crazygringo
  • Says a lot about the state of Mac OS.
    by tobi_bsf
  • I'd rather something tell me exactly why this popped up in the first place, as every new OS version seems to introduce more triggers. I have apps that now pop this up when I quit, which doesn't make much sense.
    by jshier
  • Can I have the opposite, a tool that automatically clicks on "allow"? I installed the app, it's fine.
    by InsideOutSanta
  • Have a problem with pesky permissions dialogs from sandboxed apps? This unsandboxed unverified app that requests Accessibility permissions, to the rescue!
    by ShinyLeftPad
  • > Chromium browsers (Chrome, Brave, Edge, Island, Arc) copy their own app bundle into a random temp folder at launch so the code signature survives in-place updates. macOS keys the Local Network decision to that random path, so the next launch looks like a brand-new app.

    OH DEAR GOD that explains so much other cursed behavior, including the "do you want to allow google chrome helper to show notifications" always reappearing. or teams. or anything that does autoupdates.

    > Nothing on a typical Mac needs this permission except a printer or scanner utility, a media server, or a LAN-discovery tool, and those you answer once and they're done.

    This is wrong. Browsers and media players need it because that is how multicast discovery for stuff like Chromecast works. Spotify, same thing. And Steam plus virtually all games with LAN multiplay for the same reason. Did I note already that Steam also has an autoupdater and so does Spotify and... argh.

    Apple really needs to fix the very first point, preferably in a way that doesn't force app developers to ship a "helper" binary.

    (Side note: it might even be the case that opening the file picker may be enough, if you got network-discoverable paths in your Finder Locations sidebar, but i'm too tired to test that one out...)

    by mschuster91
  • The big problem with these permission dialogs, is their lack of technical detail about what the app is actually trying to do which triggers them.

    How do I know whether to say "Allow" or "Disallow" when it gives me no idea what either option actually means in concrete?

    by skissane

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