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by justneedaname 895 days ago
See here[0] one of Gernot Heiser's comments (part of the seL4 foundation) talking about how "there are seL4-based devices in regular use in several defence forces. And it's being built in to various products, including civilian, eg critical infrastructure protection".

There is also an interesting case study[1][2] where seL4 was shown to prevent malicious access to a drone. Using seL4 doesn't necessarily make an entire system safe but for high security applications you have to build from the ground up and having a formally proven kernel is the first step in doing that.

I have been fortunate enough to play a small role in developing some stuff to be used with seL4 and it's obvious that the team are passionate about what they've got and I wish them the best of luck

0 - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25552222 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TH0tDGk19_c 2 - http://loonwerks.com/publications/pdf/Steal-This-Drone-READM...