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Florian A.1
New member | Level 1
10 years ago

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: http://appl...
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Robert T.19's avatar
Robert T.19
New member | Level 1
10 years ago

Regardless of if it was good or bad of you to use accessibility permissions - please stop asking for the master password on every log in. Please redesign your permissions dialog sequence to use the latest API to ask for password ONCE.

If a user has already said no, you definitely do not need to ask again at every login... its just a terrible user experience and very annoying.

 

 

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