How do I change site permissions?
Control what content a website can show you and which data they can access to by default.
Change settings for all sites
- On your computer, open Herond.
- At the top right, click
Menu
→Settings
- Under
Privacy and Security
, clickSite and Shields Settings
. - Click the permission you want to update.
Permissions that can be changed
- Shield Status: Sites that can block trackers, ads, and fingerprinting using Shields.
- Location: By default, Herond asks you if a site can see your exact location information.
- Camera: Some sites can ask you to use your camera and microphone.
- Microphone: Some sites can ask you to use your camera and microphone.
- Notifications: Some websites can show notifications on your computer desktop. By default, Herond asks you if a site can show notifications.
- Cookies and site data: Third-party cookies options.
- JavaScript: JavaScript helps make sites more interactive and rich in content.
- Images: Images are allowed by default.
- Popups and redirects: By default, pop-ups and redirects are blocked from showing up automatically.
- Sound: By default, sites will allow media content to play with sound - use this permission to allow or block specific websites from doing so.
- Zoom levels: You can set how much you zoom in on certain websites.
- PDF documents: By default, Herond opens PDFs in the Herond PDF viewer. To download PDFs instead of opening them, turn on Download PDF files instead of automatically opening them in Herond.
- Protected content IDs: Choose to let Herond play protected content.
- Insecure content: Insecure content is blocked by default on secure sites.
Change settings for a specific site
You can allow or block permissions for a specific site. The site will use its settings instead of the default settings.
- On your computer, open Herond.
- Go to a website.
- To the left of the web address, click the icon you see: Secure, Not secure, or Dangerous.
- Click Site and Shields settings.
- Change a permission setting. Your changes will automatically save.