Neowin News Feed for: Permissions

10 quick tweaks that make Windows 11 a lot better

Usama Jawad — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 12:46:01 +0000

Ten quick tweaks can make Windows 11 faster, cleaner, and less annoying, with each change taking under a minute to apply. Read more...

Microsoft's new database migration tool has a temporary security cost

Paul Hill — Mon, 04 Aug 2025 09:18:01 +0000

Microsoft has just made it easier to migrate your data to Azure SQL Database, but there is a security cost to using it, at least temporarily. Read more...

Microsoft 365 Apps Version 2409 rolls out with new features and fixes

Paul Hill — Tue, 24 Sep 2024 07:54:01 +0000

Microsoft has begun rolling out Version 2409 of 365 Apps, featuring new data functions in Excel and improved permissions across Word and PowerPoint. Expect gradual deployment. Read more...

Chrome will soon let you grant one-time website permissions

Taras Buria — Tue, 01 Aug 2023 15:34:01 +0000

Google has announced improvements for website permissions in Chrome. Starting with Chrome 116, users will be able to grant one-time permissions to tailor web capabilities to their likeness. Read more...

TikTok banned on UK government devices after security review

Paul Hill — Thu, 16 Mar 2023 14:16:01 +0000

The UK government has banned TikTok from being used on government devices. It said the ban was a precautionary one as the app requires sensitive data permissions, and they could be misused. Read more...

Microsoft is testing Privacy Auditing in Windows 11

Alap Naik Desai — Mon, 20 Jun 2022 10:58:01 +0000

Microsoft is testing "Privacy Auditing" for Windows 11 too. The platform appears to be a collection of settings that reveals access to sensitive hardware and controls their permissions. Read more...

Google Chrome will automatically block annoying website pop-ups soon

Usama Jawad — Fri, 10 Jun 2022 10:56:01 +0000

Google has highlighted several new machine learning-based capabilities coming to Chrome soon. These include autonomous blocking of permission prompts and automatic arrangement of the toolbar. Read more...

Devices running Android 6.0 or higher will get permission auto-reset feature

Paul Hill — Mon, 20 Sep 2021 13:22:02 +0000

Android devices on version 6.0 or higher will begin receiving auto-resetting permissions from December. This will boost user's privacy and security. It will come to devices between December and March. Read more...

Android 12 may auto-hibernate your unused apps to free up storage

Sayan Sen — Tue, 20 Apr 2021 04:18:01 +0000

Android 12 may expand on Android 11's auto-permission revoke option by adding the ability to auto-hibernate and delete temporary cache files and such for apps that go unused for a long time. Read more...

Android 11: The new privacy and security features to know about

Rajesh Pandey — Sun, 15 Nov 2020 12:36:02 +0000

Google has introduced a number of security and privacy-related changes in Android 11. Check out some of the new privacy features in Android 11 that are aimed at offering a better user experience. Read more...

Android 11 will automatically revoke permissions from unused apps

Rajesh Pandey — Fri, 24 Apr 2020 15:22:01 +0000

Google has added a new 'Auto revoke permissions' feature in Android 11 DP3 that automatically revokes all permissions from apps not used in a while. The feature is disabled by default. Read more...

Mozilla makes notifications less annoying in latest Firefox Nightly releases

Paul Hill — Mon, 04 Nov 2019 01:50:01 +0000

One of the latest Firefox Nightly builds now stops notification permissions being displayed by default. Users will now have to press the notification icon before they can allow notifications. Read more...

Google Wave gets permissions, and more

Benjamin Rubenstein — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 20:19:21 +0000

When Google Wave was first announced, there was one major complaint. In a Wave, anyone can do anything. There was no system of permission based controls to keep the Wave from getting out of hand.... Read more...

Fewer Permissions Are Key to Longhorn Security

Fri, 08 Apr 2005 17:23:45 +0000

Software engineers who attend Microsoft's annual Windows Hardware Engineering Conference later this month could get their first taste of a new Windows user permissions model that could change the way thousands of programs are developed... Read more...

MS02-064: Windows 2000 Default Permissions Could Allow Trojan Horse Program

Thu, 31 Oct 2002 07:52:10 +0000

Date: 30 October 2002 Software: Windows 2000 Impact: Trojan Horse program execution Max Risk: Moderate On Windows 2000, the default permissions provide the Everyone group with Full access (Everyone:F)... Read more...

Exchange 2000 System Attendant Incorrectly Sets Remote Registry Permissions

Fri, 08 Feb 2002 08:41:29 +0000

The Microsoft Exchange System Attendant is one of the core services in Microsoft Exchange. It performs a variety of functions related to the on-going maintenance of the Exchange system. To allow remote administration of an... Read more...

Hot Keys permissions bypass under XP

Tue, 18 Dec 2001 12:51:03 +0000

Many thanks must go to New Order for the heads up on this vunerability. A flaw in XP's hot keys could allow non-administrative users to execute Administrator owned applications which are... Read more...