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   by bahoom 10y ago

   > Well, they can autoconfirm Keychain prompts with simulated keyboard events (and access all the keychain data in general), for one. This is something non-accessibility apps can't do after some update. Simulating keyboard (and mouse
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   by bahoom 10y ago

   Well, that's obviously a bug in OSX. I'm not saying that accessibility enabled apps can't do any harm, of course they can. My point is that they can't do more damage then regular applications you run on your mac. The onl
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   by bahoom 10y ago

   What exactly is so dangerous? Any app can take screenshots , listen to keyboard entries, send keys, move the mouse pointer and upload stuff to a server without any AXApi permission. Forbidding window movement doesn't add any security a
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   by bahoom 10y ago

   I'm using the same techniques for my apps to enable accessibility access (which is needed for window management), although I'm asking users for confirmation before doing so. It's kind of hacky, but the standard Apple way (cli
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   by bahoom 10y ago

   Many thanks! My docker id is "bahoom"