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big_toast • yesterday at 8:06 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

"Full Disk Access largely sidesteps these controls in order to allow backup apps to function properly on the Mac"

Huh? Seems like a disingenuous statement. I hope they update that sentence with something more accurate.

However, I've wanted much more granularity and pervasive permissions so I'm glad they're adding them.


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lapcat • yesterday at 8:18 PM

> Huh? Seems like a disingenuous statement. I hope they update that sentence with something more accurate.

Right, the classic use case for FDA is Terminal app, not backups. I don't think backup apps even need FDA, because they use the Apple ASR tool that already has special permissions.

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