On Thursday 28 October 2010, Christopher Howard elucidated thus:
> My android phone has this interesting security model in which, just
> before installing an application, you are told which components of
> you phone's security (e.g., SD Card, Internet Access, GPS
> information) that the application is going to be granted access to.
> If you think that the app is asking for more privileges than it
> needs, you just don't install the app.
>
> I am curious if that kind of approach to application security had
> ever been explored in a Linux context, and how you might go about
> setting it up if you wanted it. (D-Bus? SetUID? New kernel modules?)
Capabilities
AppArmor
SELinux
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