Comment by cyberax

> 2) The permission does apply equally to the built in `curl` as it does to the homebrew installed curl.

I think this might have been fixed? `codesign -dvvv /usr/bin/curl` no longer prints anything about permissions. I definitely remember investigating this particular point.

> 3) What it doesn't apply to apparently is the gateway address on your network, regardless of which app you use.

Doesn't work for me. I can't ping or HTTP into my gateway from a terminal app that doesn't have this permission.

Edit: apparently pinging the gateway works if you're on WiFi. But not with wired Ethernet. Wow.