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SE-Linux is the worst possible way to secure a linux system, its like when Microsoft went overboard on warnings, instead of actually trying to solve the problem.

The main implementation difference in a capability based system is using a PowerBox to select files to give to a process, instead of letting the process access everything the user has rights to.




On Android you get no option, SE-Linux and seccomp are enabled by default and there are other measures in place that top any other Linux based OS.




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