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
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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.
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
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.
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.