It's amusing to me that some people seem to think it's possible to create "secure computing" with no footguns whatsoever. A surprising amount of the infrastruct

It's amusing to me that some people seem to think it's possible to create "secure computing" with no footguns whatsoever. A surprising amount of the infrastructure upon which we write computer programs (including a kernel and its extended OS) relies upon "mere" conventions. Indeed one of the lowest levels of all is named the "calling convention". Software which breaks these conventions, yet somehow "runs" or functions to some extent before causing problems is broken software, period. It is not a cool hack or an interesting lead for further research. Any hand-wringing about it whatsoever is a waste of time. If some individuals scale the protective barrier and jump to their deaths in the Grand Canyon, this does not indicate any deficiency in the protective barrier. It was not (and should not) be designed to prevent such misuse.