Nix to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish • 7 months agoIs ext.to dangerous? It caused librewolf to ask for firewall permissionsmerv.newsimagemessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1109file-text
arrow-up1109imageIs ext.to dangerous? It caused librewolf to ask for firewall permissionsmerv.newsNix to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish • 7 months agomessage-square21fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@brygphilomena@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish59•7 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-squarelazynoobletlinkfedilinkEnglish77•7 months agoWindows asks for this permission when a program needs to accept unsolicited incoming network requests. Not something a browser normally requires.
minus-square@WarmApplePieShrek@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish5•7 months agoUnless you’re doing a P2P video/voice call.
minus-square@waigl@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish8•7 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.
minus-squareNixOPlinkfedilinkEnglish7•edit-27 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-square@shneancy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish6•7 months agowhen my browser asks me for a firewall pass and i haven’t directly and intentionally prompted that to happen i click “no”
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.
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.
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”