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Why does Dropbox ask for your computer password
Hi, I just came across this blog post detailing some, shall we say, unorthodox ways Dropbox is circumventing OS X security features and tricking users into sharing their admin password:
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The thing, Rich, is that there is absolutely no reason for Dropbox not to go through the regular security channels already in OS X. They could just as easily have used Apples APIs to do the same thing instead of doing something that is essentially a "hack". They create their own permission window which gives the illusion that it's OS X asking you, not Dropbox. It's deceitful and extremely weird.
