Nix@merv.news to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 11 months agoIs ext.to dangerous? It caused librewolf to ask for firewall permissionsmerv.newsimagemessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1109arrow-down115file-text
arrow-up194arrow-down1imageIs ext.to dangerous? It caused librewolf to ask for firewall permissionsmerv.newsNix@merv.news to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square18fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarebrygphilomena@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up37arrow-down6·11 months agoThis isn’t a website asking for permission. It’s the browser exe itself. This seems like the bare minimum permissions for a web browser.
minus-squarelazynooblet@lazysoci.allinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·11 months agoWindows asks for this permission when a program needs to accept unsolicited incoming network requests. Not something a browser normally requires.
minus-squareWarmApplePieShrek@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoUnless you’re doing a P2P video/voice call.
minus-squareNix@merv.newsOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-211 months agoIve 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
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.
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.
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