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No. Application access to the keychain is restricted via an API with a (supposedly) robust security model behind it, for precisely this reason. Applications mus
by teilo 9y ago
No. Application access to the keychain is restricted via an API with a (supposedly) robust security model behind it, for precisely this reason. Applications must explicitly be granted access to the keychain. There should have been a prompt requesting keychain access.
- mikeash 9y agoFurthermore, it's supposed to ask about each item the app wants to access. You can see this in Keychain Access. Pick a password, inspect it, click the Show Password box, and a prompt will appear asking you to authorize it before it'll show you anything. That's part of the Keychain API, not something special to Keychain Access.
- lloeki 9y agoAlso visible with the built-in CLI tool security(1): $ security find-internet-password -s www.facebook.com -g
- thoughtsimple 9y agoDidn't work for me on today's release of macOS High Sierra.
- teilo 9y agoWorks for me on HS.