New blog post "Undocumented Catalina file access change":
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It makes sense as proper apps should not show 'wants to access X' dialogs.
It works on filesystem level, not TCC level, has different attribution/responsibility mechanisms.
Access is given to the app after using open dialog or bookmark is shared (via drag&drop or other means)
Indeed, this was documented in the Advances in macOS Security session at WWDC. To prevent spurious dialogs when a file access is *clearly* due to a user action (like dragon drop/manual file opens, double-click in the finder) access is inferred by the user’s action and granted.
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I think we have different definitions of "documented". ;-)
In the case of Terminal, access intent cannot be assumed by drag&drop. My intent is often just to get the full file path, not necessarily to even be used in Terminal.
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