The stock market for example requires
special account privileges in order to be able to short (sell) a security.
Not exact matches
Even in the Genesis
account there is some implicit ranking, and human beings are singled out for
special responsibilities and
special privileges.
But none of those was entitled, on
account of being acquainted with books, to any
special social
privileges.
In Federal tax law (and in most state tax laws as well) a retirement
account has
special privileges accorded to it in that the interest, dividends, capital gains, etc earned on the money in your retirement
account are not taxed in the year earned (as they would be in a non-retirement
account), but the tax is either deferred till you withdraw money from the
account (Traditional IRAs, 401ks etc) or is waived completely (Roth IRAs, Roth 401ks etc).
Ironically, Apple's support webpages recommend you not routinely use the root user
account, but in this particular case, you're actually advised to set a strong (or weak) password for access to
special Mac
privileges.