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Comment by plttn

10 years ago

>- We never see or store your admin password. The dialog box you see is a native OS X API (i.e. made by Apple).

Direct from the DB engineer at top of thread.

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DINKDINK  10 years ago

If that's the case, How is it that the accessibility preferences are changed without root authorization?

  • gumby  10 years ago

    Presumably with one of the suid executables you authorized when you typed your root password to the dialogue.

    And one of them is writable by anyone -- great security, guys!