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General purpose hardware that's been artificially castrated by software? Is that really a good way to fight walled gardens?
by oblak 4y ago
General purpose hardware that's been artificially castrated by software? Is that really a good way to fight walled gardens?
- paulryanrogers 4y agoDepends on who controls the capability granting. Which at the end of the day feels a lot like ACL just with functionality based controls instead of file based (with some functional bits bolted on the side).
- mikewarot 4y agoIt's not just like ACLs, though. An ACL is like permissions into a vault. Capabilities are like taking a $10 bill out of your wallet to pay for a coffee, the most you can lose is the capability ($10 bill) you deployed in the transaction, you can't somehow lose your entire bank balance. Another analogy is that of a circuit breaker. No matter what, it protects the wires in your house from overcurrent. You never have to worry about accidentally taking down the power grid when you plug in a toaster.