See "Admonition and designation" in this short paper "Aligning security and usability": http://people.cs.vt.edu/~kafura/cs6204/Readings/Usability/AliigningSecur

See "Admonition and designation" in this short paper "Aligning security and usability": http://people.cs.vt.edu/~kafura/cs6204/Readings/Usability/AliigningSecurityUsability.pdf http://people.cs.vt.edu/~kafura/cs6204/Readings/Usability/Al... Security isn't a separable concern; the epicycles grow out of trying to treat it as separable -- you have your program, and then you have your rules restricting the program. ('By admonition' in the paper.) Here's a modern example of the alternative: https://sandstorm.io/how-it-works#powerbox https://sandstorm.io/how-it-works#powerbox "Notice how in this example, the application never gains the ability to send spam. And yet, the user experience is no worse and arguably better than before. The user is never prompted with any sort of security questions, yet the app is only able to email them with their consent." P.S. if my remarks came across as combative, I didn't mean them to. I'm just offering links about how some of us think we're not stuck with the current untenable situation -- life can get better.