To clarify my earlier comment, I am not saying that this feature
shouldn't be evaluated. I subscribed ~ubuntu-security precisely because
I want the security team to weigh in.

I am *not* making the argument that (a) because systemd provides this
feature, or (b) run0 is not as widely used as sudo, that the feature
does not deserve a security audit.

I *am* making the argument that the "ease of accessibility" provided by
`run0 --empower` is not a strong enough reason on its own to pull the
feature from 26.04.

Further, I am adding the context that this same functionality is already
available to systemd units, e.g. via `systemd-run -p
AmbientCapabilities=~`. Hence, if the security team does find problems
with this mechanism, then removing the --empower flag from run0 is not
sufficient.

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