I’ve never seen any website cause a firewall permission request

  • @brygphilomena@lemmy.world
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    431 year ago

    This isn’t a website asking for permission. It’s the browser exe itself.

    This seems like the bare minimum permissions for a web browser.

    • lazynooblet
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      761 year ago

      Windows asks for this permission when a program needs to accept unsolicited incoming network requests. Not something a browser normally requires.

    • @waigl@lemmy.world
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      81 year ago

      Too bad this windows firewall dialog is really sparse on details. We really have no way have telling whether that is normal permissions or not.

    • NixOP
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      1 year ago

      Ive never gotten this request before though and ive been browsing for a while. I didn’t accept it and the browser continues working fine. Doesnt seem standard

    • @shneancy@lemmy.world
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      61 year ago

      when my browser asks me for a firewall pass and i haven’t directly and intentionally prompted that to happen i click “no”