The key part seems to be this: > Then click to allow when the system dialog asks if the sample app can control TextEdit via Apple Events. The author argues,

The key part seems to be this: > Then click to allow when the system dialog asks if the sample app can control TextEdit via Apple Events. The author argues, > This should appear very innocuous to the user, because nobody thinks that TextEdit is dangerous, so one would think it's not much of a risk to allow TextEdit to be controlled. This is what the dialog looks like: https://imgur.com/a/HRXDG0x https://imgur.com/a/HRXDG0x The smaller text is where the app developer provides an explanation for why they are requesting the permission.