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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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I don't have Office. And even if I did, I wouldn't care about the integration. Dropbox should prompt users specifically for the office integration bit, and if they consent should then do the admin prompt and set up the Accessibility insertion. I still think it's a bad idea, but there's no better solution for cross-app control like that.
At the very least, Dropbox should absolutely not be so pernicious about virally restoring its Accessibility permissions. Like… literally checksumming the SQL injection executable and overwriting it on startup is insane. The only way that executable could get overwritten (but not removed) to something other than the what Dropbox created is if a user is actively trying to prevent Dropbox from doing its Accessibility tricks.
I would be a lot more OK with this situation if it were possible to opt out as a user without generating admin prompts every time I start Dropbox. I mean, it's still a massive breach of user trust, but at least it would be a tenable situation. But as things are… Dropbox is basically acting as a virus which hasn't yet done anything with its control of my computer.
