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charcircuitlast Tuesday at 4:57 PM0 repliesview on HN

In short the integrity of the application must be secured. This integrity must be protected from everyone. Nothing should be able to violate the integrity of the app.

>I absolutely want the ability to lift that isolation in specific cases.

There is no need for this. Allowing end users to turn off security features is not a good idea. Users should not have to think about such things.

>I decide when and how the rules are broken.

Most users do not want this ability. They just want a computer that works and is safe to use. They don't want to dictate how exactly it was written. That is the manufacturers job.