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It's relevant insofar as granting a program that level of access in a capability based OS would be the exception, not the norm.

Today's OSes aren't in a position to make such a statement at all as they don't keep such tight control over a program's authority. But in a capability based OS, it would be - so a program that's in a position to monitor all your activity on your computer can be easily called out as such.

In other words, the notifications I mentioned that I'd like to see are only really practical in a capability-style system.



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