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dotancohen on July 23, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: Brave blocks Microsoft Recall by default

How does the OS know that foobar application is a [[fully functional] web] browser?

delfinom on July 23, 2025 [–]

It doesn't. Windows is just checking if there's a protocol handler entry in the registry for http/https.

In theory you don't abuse that because it will come up as a possible browser option for users. :shrug:

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