Dear @EU_Commission,
A US company has backdoored countless computers belonging to EU citizens. Your response?http://applehelpwriter.com/2016/08/29/discovering-how-dropbox-hacks-your-mac/ …
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Replying to @aral
Dropbox backdooring Macs by phishing admin passwords could be the largest cyber attack by a US corp on EU citizens.http://applehelpwriter.com/2016/08/29/discovering-how-dropbox-hacks-your-mac/ …
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Replying to @aral
It does not phish any passwords. It uses the standard OS X authorization APIs with a custom prompt https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Security/Reference/authorization_ref/index.html#//apple_ref/doc/constant_group/Name_Tags …
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Replying to @aral
It's easy to prove Dropbox is using a standard OS X authorization dialog by sampling the process when showing.
@aralpic.twitter.com/RSM1jhNv09
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I'm confused... So all signs are clear? We're safe??
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My point was just that it doesn't phish or store credentials. It still installs a kext. I will always shame the latter.
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right. So we're good in regards to Dropbox Nothing to worry about. The hoopla was baseless
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But yeah, given that people trust their unencrypted files to them maybe all this really is moot. (If that’s ‘good’.)
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