Comment by amelius
10 years ago
I wonder what will happen when Apple plugs those security holes. Will Dropbox cease to run as it does now, and suddenly for instance lose important features?
10 years ago
I wonder what will happen when Apple plugs those security holes. Will Dropbox cease to run as it does now, and suddenly for instance lose important features?
This appears to be impossible in Sierra, as the relevant db has been added to SIP. I have un-granted access, and the dropbox app has not been able to re-enable it, nor has it complained (and yes, I restarted).
What is SIP? I've seen it mentioned elsewhere in the thread but not explained, and in the article ctrl+f SIP yields no results.
System Integrity Protection. Because of crazy hacks like this, macOS restricts what even root can do.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204899
System Integrity Protection, basically not even root can change files protected by SIP.