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

  •  Nix   ( @nix@merv.news ) OP
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    211 months ago

    I got it from chocolately.

    Wait why accept the permission? I don’t really want to risk it installing something I don’t notice

    •  taanegl   ( @taanegl@beehaw.org ) 
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      11 months ago

      It’s a firewall access prompt. In true MS fashion it won’t tell you what ports it is opening.

      So by accepting you’re not giving the app any permissions like say read-write permission or administrative access, but if the app should have access to a port on the network.

      Standard ports for the web are 443 (HTTPS, TCP) and 80 (HTTP, TCP). Torrents use other ports and a combination of TCP and UDP packets.

      Search for “firewall” in the start menu. The firewall manager shows you all the ports an IPs that are allowed or blocked, along with ports and protocols.