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-square21fedilinkarrow-up1107arrow-down116file-text
arrow-up191arrow-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-square21fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarebrygphilomena@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up57arrow-down15·11 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-up76·11 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-up4·11 months agoUnless you’re doing a P2P video/voice call.
minus-squareNix@merv.newsOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·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
minus-squareshneancy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·11 months agowhen my browser asks me for a firewall pass and i haven’t directly and intentionally prompted that to happen i click “no”
minus-squarewaigl@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·11 months agoToo bad this windows firewall dialog is really sparse on details. We really have no way have telling whether that is normal permissions or not.
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
when my browser asks me for a firewall pass and i haven’t directly and intentionally prompted that to happen i click “no”
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.