[cap-talk] Capabilities and Freedom vs. Safety

[Pierre THIERRY]

Scribit James A. Donald dies 25/07/2007 hora 10:56:
>> Oh my, how hard would it be to write an interface to connect them.
> The interface to connect them would be written by the issuer of both
> programs,

No it would not.

> Such an interface is itself a durable privilege

Maybe.

> and every durable privilege is a security flaw.

Is that something you just believe, or is it something backed by strong
empirical or theoretical evidence? That seems strange to me, I must say.

> Any program that do enough to be useful, can do enough to harm you.

Well, wasn't all this community claiming and demonstrating the contrary?

Confusingly,
Pierre
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