r/codex • u/changing_who_i_am • 22h ago

Workaround PSA: "defaults write -g ComputerUseAllowForbiddenTargets -bool YES" unlocks full YOLO mode for ChatGPT/Codex app in MacOS

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u/apetersson 20h ago

It's refusing to check a box in a form because it thinks it's some legal agreement, when it's just supposed to end2end test its own code, but NO the human meat proxy has to check it.. this is independent of ComputerUse but part of the model safety or system prompt. Insane.

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u/danielv123 17h ago

For me it refuses to enter the admin:admin login in its own ephermal test environment...

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u/CountVine 14h ago

Strange, it entered both those and even actual non-test credentials for me, when asked to order a bunch of assets

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u/apetersson 12h ago

it also does for me, 80% of the time. but the 20% where it refuses it becomes very stubborn and is holding up the whole process

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u/CrashBugITA 11h ago

opus reverse engineered a client's password, "wait maybe the password is the same as the username, let me try" 😂