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This dialog comes from the System Management framework [1]. Slack is probably installing a privileged helper tool (conceptually similar to a setuid root binary)

• QuercusMax 1y ago
  Seems like it should only need to do this once. I get this with almost every Slack and VSCode update. The correct solution for me is to quit Slack.app and let my company's management software do the update for me.
  • closeparen 1y ago
    Maybe it's smart enough to require re-authorization when the binary changes?
    • ubercow13 1y ago
      Why would the helper binary change that much? A setuid-ish binary should be ultra simple and not constantly changing I'd assume.
      • QuercusMax 1y ago
        ...and it should be able to replace itself.
  • socalgal2 1y ago
    I don't use slack except in the browser. I never get a prompt for VSCode. It must be one of your extensions.
    • QuercusMax 1y ago
      I've got them both installed through a corp-managed "software center". Don't have any exciting extensions that I've installed.
  • trollbridge 1y ago
    Chances are they have some kind of management software like SentinelOne that is preventing Slack from doing this (or storing the permission to do so), so it just asks over and over. Which is arguably worse.
• nmgycombinator 1y ago
  A software updater was going to be my best guess at what this was. I guess I understand the flexibility it brings, but it definitely does have some security trade-offs.
• e40 1y ago
  I installed Slack from the app store and never see this popup.
• accrual 1y ago
  Discord does this as well I believe. I often needed to enter the administrator password to install a helper after the system had been off for a couple days.
  • jonplackett 1y ago
    And they are sooooo insistent. Just keep bugging you forever
  • nartho 1y ago
    Discord, Slack and VS Code desktop apps are all built using Electron, so I'm guessing this is an Electron issue.