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		nulld3v 55 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Adobe modifies hosts file to detect whether Creati... I'm not sure I fully understand you. All those OSes try very, very hard to disambiguate between apps and the user itself?

lmz 55 days ago | [–]

A program touches a system file. Is it due to its own logic, or is it your editor saving a file?

simondotau 55 days ago | [–]

Pretend you’re the operating system for a moment. What does “the user” look like, if not an app doing things?

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