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can someone describe how is that implemented? Or rather, what does prevent other applications from reading address book directly (it has to be stored somewhere
by kklimonda 15y ago
can someone describe how is that implemented? Or rather, what does prevent other applications from reading address book directly (it has to be stored somewhere on the disk after all). On Linux, I can imagine leveraging SELinux to limit access to files, is there something similar available for OS X?
- waterside81 15y agoMaybe the sand boxing being enforced in mountain lion prevents apps from directly accessing the file?
- krakensden 15y agounless you install it from the web, which would be the vector for any malicious application
- Zirro 15y agoI wrote a response to gshephard above (or below, if the posts move around) which I believe is fairly accurate, trying to address this.