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Clarify the threat model's scope

See merge request zcash-docs/zcash-docs!266
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Wil Moore III committed Jul 13, 2021
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Wallet App Threat Model
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This threat model is intended for curious technical users of the ECC wallet
apps as well as developers making use of the SDK in their own apps. See the
[Invariant-Centric Threat Modeling](https://github.com/defuse/ictm) for a
complete explanation of the threat modeling methodology we use. Here's a
short summary of the methodology:
This threat model is intended for curious technical users of the ECC wallet apps
as well as developers making use of the SDK in their own apps. The threat model
applies to the internal ECC reference wallet, and should apply to any Zcash
wallet built on top of the ECC SDKs, unless significant modifications have been
made. See the [Invariant-Centric Threat
Modeling](https://github.com/defuse/ictm) for a complete explanation of the
threat modeling methodology we use. Here's a short summary of the methodology:

- This document lists "security invariants" that the apps and SDK should
currently provide. Users and developers *should not* rely on any security or
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- More fine-grained models of adversaries, e.g. one that has eclipsed the
lightwalletd node but has not been able to compromise it fully.

These shortcomings will be addressed in future updates to the threat model.
These shortcomings will be addressed in future updates to the threat model.

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