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Permissions-Policy Header

Controls which browser features (camera, microphone, geolocation, payment) can be used on your page and in iframes.

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Why It Matters

Restricts third-party widgets or compromised scripts from silently tapping into user cameras, microphones, or geolocation APIs.

How We Check This

We verify the existence of the Permissions-Policy header and check that sensitive capabilities (camera, microphone, geolocation) are restricted.

How to Fix & Implement

Copy-paste configuration blocks tailored for your web server or edge proxy.

nginx snippet
add_header Permissions-Policy "camera=(), microphone=(), geolocation=(), payment=()" always;

Frequently Asked Questions

What happened to Feature-Policy?

Feature-Policy is the deprecated predecessor to Permissions-Policy.