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Requested permissions

Requested permissions are the rights to access resources or perform actions that a person, application, or process is asking to be granted.

In plain English

These are access rights someone or something wants to receive. They can relate to using resources or being allowed to do certain actions. The term points to what is being asked for, not the result of that request.

In context

Here, it labels the set of access rights the app is asking to receive for using resources or carrying out actions.

Situation
Reviewing app permissions, consent prompts, access scopes, and security warnings
What it communicates
labels the set of permissions the app is asking to obtain.

Meaning limits

The term alone does not establish whether any of those rights are granted.

Examples

“Requested permissions included access to the camera and the ability to send files, but none had been granted yet.”

Core meaning

“Before approving the install, the administrator compared the requested permissions with the app's stated purpose.”

In context