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Re: Show HN: I got hacked, felt paranoid, made an app – GlassWire

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Post by digitalboss »

schoen wrote: post #11
greenwalls wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Feel free to check it out in a virtual machine if you're worried, or upload to VirusTotal.com.

How does VirusTotal.com know this isn't a trojan?

Read https://www.virustotal.com/en/about/

Re: Show HN: I got hacked, felt paranoid, made an app – GlassWire

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Post by greenwalls »

wfjackson wrote: post #13

What about rootkits that can falsify the data that the app sees? It would be good to have something similar that plugs directly into the router logs.

The only true network data is via some kind of tap on the actual wire. We're considering adding a plug-in so you can do that but there are so many awesome tools out there for that already I'm not sure if we should. GlassWire is for everyday users to understand what's going on with their computer. There will always be ways to bypass the OS but I think GlassWire will still help in many situations.

Re: Show HN: I got hacked, felt paranoid, made an app – GlassWire

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Post by gregbarbosa »

Wow. I hate how so many Windows applications are considerably uglier compared to Mac counterparts. The Windows apps don't seem to push forward Windows design but rather get stuck in the Windows XP design days. This is beautifully designed and clear.

The graph visualization is prime, and I love that the peaks are "rounded" out instead of sharp declines (sharp declines would make it look more like a live stock ticker).

Extremely well done, and exactly something I have been looking for. I will keep an eye out for the Mac version.

Re: Show HN: I got hacked, felt paranoid, made an app – GlassWire

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Post by greenwalls »

gregbarbosa wrote: post #16

Wow. I hate how so many Windows applications are considerably uglier compared to Mac counterparts. The Windows apps don't seem to push forward Windows design but rather get stuck in the Windows XP design days. This is beautifully designed and clear. The graph visualization is prime, and I love that the peaks are "rounded" out instead of sharp declines (sharp declines would make it look more like a live stock ticker).…

Thanks! It was actually very difficult to make rounded peaks due to the way network activity tends to suddenly spike. Sometimes the mini graph at the bottom of the UI doesn't match up exactly with the top graph due to our rounded graph but we're improving it all the time. I also hate the way spiky graphs look.

Re: Show HN: I got hacked, felt paranoid, made an app – GlassWire

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Post by ofir_geller »

Please send my compliments to the designer of both your app and website. both designs are clean, beautiful and work with the UI. bravo.

it would be nice to have more info about how you monitor the connection and prevent any Trojans from going around the monitor point.

Re: Show HN: I got hacked, felt paranoid, made an app – GlassWire

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Post by lumpypua »

greenwalls wrote: post #10
lumpypua wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

http://www.obdev.at/products/littlesnitch/index.html

We're working on a Mac version. Also I agree Little Snitch is cool. We concentrate more on visualizing network activity and we have a "network time machine" feature our UI allows you to go back and forth in time. Also I don't like how Little Snitch always pops up those alerts. I wanted the user to see the alerts but not have to always "OK" every little network activity. I felt like users tend to just press "OK" all t…

I like your graphing a lot definitely!

LS has a similar network activity visualization. You can of course drill down by process and such: http://i.imgur.com/ZQX0XEa.png

As a power user, I like alerts for all unclassified network activity on my machine. No affiliation with obdev, just a fan of LS.

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