Windows 11 is experimentally testing individual permissions per app for the camera, microphone, and location
Microsoft continues to add improvements to its operating system Windows 11this time focused on the user security and privacy. As Jakub’s account on X (formerly Twitter) reports, Microsoft has added Separate controls per app to restrict usage of the main elements that are of most concern within user privacy. We are referring, in fact, to the camera, location and microphone control.
Microsoft will add permission management for camera and microphone independently per application
This update, currently in the experimental phase, hopefully will finally reach users to offer a extra level of customization in terms of the use of the camera and microphone. This will allow you to obtain permissions for applications aimed at video callswhere they are practically mandatory, but at the same time eliminate them in browsers and similar that can have access to the microphone and/or camera globally.
It will also add individual location control per application
It seems that this measure will also extend to the device locationwhether portable or desktop, and will allow eliminate or activate this location also differentiating by application. In a similar way to the microphone and camera, the location can also be blocked by default except for those applications that make use of it necessarily. These can be the weather, if you want it to inform you about the weather in your location, or the maps, among others.
It is currently in the experimental phase and is expected to reach Windows Insider soon
But there will still be a little while until it is available to all users, where we hope it will finally arrive. You must first be tested experimentally, to later appear on the Insider channel. Once all options have been validated and Microsoft obtains positive feedback, it will be ready to publish this update to all users.
Juan Antonio Soto
I am a Computer Engineer and my specialty is automation and robotics. My passion for hardware began at the age of 14 when I broke down my first computer: a 386 DX 40 with 4MB of RAM and 210MB of hard drive. I continue to give free rein to my passion in the technical articles I write for Geeknetic. I dedicate most of my free time to video games, contemporary and retro, on the more than 20 consoles I have, in addition to the PC.
