Added threat model section to XIP 47

XIPs/xip-47-group-chat-permissions.md

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 The ability to update permissions is needed to address the use cases of initial group permission misconfiguration and the inevitable evolution of a group’s trust dynamic. For example, just because an online project group chat starts as a small group of well-intentioned contributors does not mean that the group may not evolve to have a larger variety of member trustworthiness and contributor types over time.
 
+## Threat Model
+
+There are three main categories of threats that are considered when designing the permissions system:
+
+1. Can group creators share responsibility with admins while retaining the ability to recover from malicious admins?  
+   This threat is mitigated by the three tiered permission system, the fact that super admins can not be removed by admins, and only super admins can update permissions.
+2. Does the permissions system have some recoverability in case an action was taken by mistake and needs to be undone?  
+   This threat is mitigated by the ability to update permissions, which allows a previously configured permission set to be adjusted if necessary.
+3. Is the group permission system safe from malicious actors who are running modified versions of our client code?  
+   This threat is mitigated by client side verification of all group actions that are subject to group permission policies. 
+
 ## Backward compatibility
 
 In addition to adding the new **Permission Policies** and **Permission Options** and making **Permissions Updatable**, we will also make the permission system itself updatable in the following ways: