What's the difference between retrieving WindowsPrincipal from WindowsIdentity and Thread.CurrentPrincipal?

Question

I am trying to work out why attribute based security isn\'t working as I\'d expect in WCF and I suspect it might have something to do with the following:

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Answer 1

I believe the difference is between the logged in user and the account running the app (thread). These will not always be the same.