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Re:Authorization Terminology Is a Mess: Let's Fix It by exceptione on Friday September 04, 2026 @05:42PM (#49570577) 

  >  It would make more sense if the file picker was something the operating system ran when a program wants to edit a file, and what came back to the program after you selected was the accessor for that file (with read and/or write verbs).
You are describing the concept of XDG Desktop Portals [1] on Linux.

1. https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/XDG_Desktop_Portal

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Re:Authorization Terminology Is a Mess: Let's Fix It by black_knight on Friday September 04, 2026 @05:52PM (#49570675)
Indeed, that strikes me as a fine example of capability inspired design. The mechanism used is passing file descriptors, and for some reason file descriptors is the most "capability based" part of the Linux kernel.
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