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Microsoft Plans Smartphone-Style Permission Prompts for Windows 11 Apps


Microsoft is planning to bring smartphone-style app permission prompts to Windows 11, requiring apps to get explicit user consent before they can access sensitive resources like the file system, camera and microphone. The company's Windows Platform engineer Logan Iyer said the move was prompted by a...

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