Dropbox security problems are fixed in the new macOS Sierra

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We continue to inform our followers about the news that MacOS Sierra brings under the hood, but it is this time in relation to the famous security flaw that existed with the Dropbox service in OS X El Capitan. We can inform you that this security error has already been corrected in this new version of the bitten apple system. 

The problem we are talking about allowed an unauthorized user to access the system without being asked for the necessary permissions to do so. This made Dropbox's operating system on OS X anomalous. and that all users were exposed to a security hole. 

However, with the arrival of macOS Sierra two days ago, this bug has already been fixed and therefore, we can now use the Dropbox file system since the security hole can no longer be used in any way. Those in Cupertino have modified the system in such a way that now it prevents improper access to options Accessibility by requiring apps to explicitly ask the user for permission to do so.

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If you had not noticed this, we can tell you that in OS X the Dropbox application appeared directly in the tab Security and Privacy within the Accessibility section Although you as a user have never given permissions for it to appear in that place. That is why it was considered a serious security flaw that Apple has corrected as soon as possible. 


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  1.   Manuel said

    They have fixed it in macOS Sierra, but do you know anything about those of us who follow in El Capitan or Yosemite? It does not seem correct to me that they leave out those who cannot or do not want to update the system.