[OLPC Security] Transparent security by user interactions

[Ivan Krstić]

Hi Timo,

Timo Sirainen wrote:
> The main idea is that by default programs can't do anything dangerous,
> and the user transparently gives them access to do their needed work as
> part of the user interface.

Yes, this is (approximately) the approach I'm taking. Ka-Ping Yee has a
paper from 2000 where he presents the same idea.

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