the.com/security restrictions
the digital equivalent of a bouncer who's read your file and doesn't like it.
means rules built into a system that limit what actions users, apps, or devices are allowed to perform.
from grew out of 1970s mainframe computing, when multiple users shared one machine and needed walls between their files — permissions became policy long before firewalls became products.
principle of least privilegegive access only to what's strictly needed
often invisiblemost users never see the rule, only the block
double-edgedsame code stops hackers and locks out legitimate users
corporate favoriteblamed for slowness that's actually just budget cuts