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		iforgotpassword 9 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A proposal to restrict sites from accessing a user... Idk, I like the idea of my browser warning me when a random website I visit tries to talk to my network. if there's a legitimate reason I can still click yes. This is orthogonal to any ads and data collection.

Henchman21 9 months ago [–]

I have this today from macOS. To me it feels more appropriate to have the OS attempt to secure running applications.

happyopossum 9 months ago | [–]

No you don’t - you get a single permission prompt for the entire browser. You definitely don’t get any permission-site permission options from the OS

Henchman21 9 months ago | | [–]

Ah I misunderstood, thank you

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