Only when websites ask. Like any browser, Arc requests Camera, Microphone, and Screen Recording at the macOS level so websites can use them — but each site still has to ask you separately inside Arc. Arc itself isn't watching you. To check on your Mac, open System Settings, go to Privacy & Security, and review the Camera, Microphone, Screen & System Audio Recording, Accessibility, and Full Disk Access lists for Arc.
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Only when websites ask. Like any browser, Arc requests Camera, Microphone, and Screen Recording at the macOS level so websites can use them — but each site still has to ask you separately inside Arc. Arc itself isn't watching you.
“Used” = needed for a core feature · “Optional” = only for a specific feature · “No” = not normally requested
macOS grants the permission to Arc as a whole, then Arc gates it per-site. Video-call sites need camera/mic; screen-share sites need Screen Recording.
Audit per-site camera/mic grants inside Arc's settings — that's where over-permissioned sites hide, not in macOS. Revoke Arc's macOS Screen Recording if you never screen-share on the web.
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No. The macOS permission only lets websites you approve use the camera/mic. Manage per-site access inside Arc's settings.
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