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EGregyesterday at 4:43 PM4 repliesview on HN

I sent steve jobs ([email protected]) an email saying that MacOS should have an unspoofable dialog for the system password authorization, same way they have for DRM videos etc. I also suggested the user could choose a secret phrase or image to be displayed in the dialog during system setup. Never heard back. This was when Steve was alive and in charge. And to this day anyone can spoof the system password dialog and steal the system password…


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zadikianyesterday at 5:59 PM

I emailed him in 7th grade asking if Pages could automate bibliographies. In hindsight, EasyBib was good enough.

krackersyesterday at 8:43 PM

>And to this day anyone can spoof the system password dialog and steal the system password

TouchID solves this in a sense.

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mcintyre1994yesterday at 8:35 PM

I always wonder about how easy that would be to spoof, because it seems like it'd be trivial.

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niklasrdeyesterday at 5:51 PM

You mean what Vista introduced?