Security Center

Security Center

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Ubuntu 16.04 or later?

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The desktop Security Center will provide easy-to-access security features in Ubuntu.

The desktop Security Center will provide easy-to-access security features in Ubuntu.

In this first release, users can enable experimental application permissions prompting for fine-grained control over how apps access files and folders.

Permissions management requires the supporting prompting-client snap to be installed alongside; this is included by default on Ubuntu 24.10 and future releases.

New features will be added in coming releases.

Details for Security Center

License
  • AGPL-3.0-only

Last updated
  • 3 October 2024 - latest/stable
  • 13 November 2024 - 1/edge

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