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submitted 2 years ago by nix@merv.news to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com

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

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[-] brygphilomena@lemmy.world 44 points 2 years 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@lazysoci.al 77 points 2 years ago

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

Unless you're doing a P2P video/voice call.

[-] waigl@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years 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.

[-] nix@merv.news 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years 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 6 points 2 years ago

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

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