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

  • brygphilomena@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5915·
    11 months 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.alEnglish
      77·
      11 months ago

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

    • Nix@merv.newsOPEnglish
      7·
      11 months 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

    • waigl@lemmy.worldEnglish
      7·
      11 months 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.

    • shneancy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      11 months ago

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