kaal:claim:7314479-015

Authority drift is the failure mode permissions systems are least equipped to detect because every individual check passes while the aggregate operates outside what the user authorized.

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Authority drift is the failure mode that permissions systems are least equipped to detect, because at every individual step the system behaves correctly. Each check passes. The aggregate is nonetheless outside what the user authorized.
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Wulf A. Kaal, Institutional Requirements for Sovereign Local Agent Runtimes (2026), V. The Accountability Gap, Stated Precisely, p. 10
https://ssrn.com/abstract=7314479 · source PDF

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Wulf A. Kaal, Institutional Requirements for Sovereign Local Agent Runtimes (2026). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=7314479

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failuresupport: arguedconsensus-and-securitygovernance-designai-and-agents

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