just so folks don't go rebuilding their systems in a panic, this "assistantd" message relates to the Dictation functionality - enabled on a laptop by hitting the "fn" key twice - that allows one to speak into an app like TextEdit and have it
Disable bunch of #$!@ in Catalina - Note about Big Sur: https://gist.github.com/pwnsdx/1217727ca57de2dd2a372afdd7a0fc21#gistcomment-3448419 - disable.sh
. I put in my password but it continues to pop up. After you or your mac administrator resets the password of your macos user account your mac might ask you to update your keychain password or enter the password. Scroll down the icloud menu