It’s been over a year with these macOS pop-ups and I still have any idea why an app is asking, what should I say, what is the penalty for choosing Don’t Allow, etc. What a frustrating experience.
(Edit: I’m showing Chrome here but I am getting them for so many other apps without seemingly any rhyme or reason.)
@bitnacht Thanks. The details are in my other posts under the original. But just to wrap up this one:
- this notification happens at a strange moment (after I put it aside) that adds more questions rather than providing answers
- this is Apple’s own app, so they know exactly what it’s doing
- even for other apps, there is a better way to describe it
I understand how this all works in principle. I just think a lot of details are wrong.
@mwichary @bitnacht Wasted opportunity. One of my own side projects (https://github.com/numist/Switch) is also affected by this (and does capture window contents, though it doesn't record them) and I'm sympathetic to the system's problem where it knows an app has access to the screen's contents but no notion of what that information is being used for.
You kinda *have* to assume the worst. Is this free colour picker app sending my bank balances to phishers as part of their mark selection? Who can say!
@mwichary I’ve written an app that can inspect & capture parts of the screen to zoom in on them. The permission being granted does permit the app to grab anything on screen.
It’s honest kind of a frightening level of access & you really need to thoroughly trust any app you give this permission to.
@causticmsngo I understand the system… I just question any system that tells me a built-in app for sampling colors is “capturing” the screen, and that it tells me that after I stop using it.
Whether it’s the permission system, the UI around it, or the timing around that UI, it just doesn’t seem that it’s working well. And that on top of the original, even more annoying “local network” permission.
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