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"engineering is the art of picking the right trade-off in an overconstrained environment" - so true, yet too many systems fail these tradeoffs, expecially some academic proposals. This is one reason why I currently work on Android: ecosystem constraints make it highly challenging @SteveBellovin/947293010777255936
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Even seemingly simple changes or trivial "fixes" may have vast impact on an ecosystem of >>2B users, rapidly growing number of OEMs, and a (very) long tail of apps. Hat off to the team for taking such good care and improving security with every release for many years!