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

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

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Post by bitJericho »

cledet wrote: post #23
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).…

GitHub for Windows is another beautifully designed Windows app. They even published a blog post about it: https://github.com/blog/1151-designing-github-for-windows

Github for windows is mind bogglingly bad. It's like staring into the sun. Nothing works like you'd expect it. They do their own thing. They should consider using a design similar to btSync. Now that's a good clean UI/UX.

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

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Post by greenwalls »

Semaphor wrote: post #279

It doesn't seem to do what it says. According to it, Outlook initiated it's first Network connectivity just now. A point in time where I had already sent and received mails for some hours. At least it so much better looking than other windows apps…

If you check the final installation window it warns you that you should reboot to catch all ongoing connections, but we plan to improve this in the future so a reboot isn't necessary. We didn't want to force users to reboot because I think that would suck.

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

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Post by greenwalls »

rullgrus wrote: post #78
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).…

It might look good on "standard" resolutions but unfortunately it doesn't handle Windows 8.1 scaling and a high resolution monitor that well. For example the "Usage" tab is unusable for me with fonts cut off in half and labels to the diagrams unreadable.

Working on a fix.

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

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Post by greenwalls »

Swannie wrote: post #211

Holy crap, this got popular fast. This will probably stop some drive-by hacking - great. But my understanding from some well informed people, is that increasingly rootkits can hide their network traffic. So, whilst this will add piece of mind, you'll still need to maintain security - because all this will really do is let you know you've been "hacked" again. Sure, it may prevent the dropper from connecting out - but…

Thanks for the feedback. Yes you're right about rootkits and there are other ways to bypass the network that GlassWire can't see.

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

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Post by boomlinde »

rational-future wrote: post #147
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).…

I'm a Windows user (go on, press the down arrow) and I don't care about app design. Give me military ship grey windows, text menus and a way to hide all icons. Windows 2000 was for me the apogee of 2D design.

I think that you are missing out on the concept of design if you limit your understanding of it to the color and shape of the widgets. When it comes to Windows, I definitely prefer the W2K look, but I wouldn't say that I don't care about app design.

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

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Post by greenwalls »

luckysahaf wrote: post #254

This is great app. However, I am facing an issue. I am not able to connect to a remote server. I don't know why! This is what I am doing: 1- Allowing server access in Server tab in Settings on one computer. 2- Trying to connect from another machine using the credentials. I am not able to connect. Does anyone else face the same issue?

We plan to add more detailed instructions on the user guide this week. Sorry for the problem.

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

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Post by greenwalls »

superasn wrote: post #224

I wish there was something like this for my wifi router (or in the Tomato Firmware) because that way if there is a malware in the phone, or my laptop I can immediately know about it without installing this on each device. Also I hope it has list of known malware hosts for which it should give a huge red alert dialog if a connection is made to it.

I agree. I wonder what the best way would be for GlassWire to tap into the majority of routers? If you have some ideas please let me know. We're still investigating.

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

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Post by greenwalls »

Fundlab wrote: post #243

Why does it only pop up internet explorer icon in the alert? Is it possible to show an icon of what application is initiating the connection instead?

It should show the app that connected, not just IE. Is it only showing IE for you over and over? If so it must be a bug. Please report it to our contact page.

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

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Post by greenwalls »

aen0 wrote: post #251

I believe that the hosts history should not be visible by default. It also shows hosts while browsing in private mode. Maybe only visible with an UAC auth.

Thanks for the feedback. You can go into the settings and clear your history also.

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

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Post by greenwalls »

andrea_s wrote: post #265

This is awesome. I would be happy to pay for your upcoming "pro" version. Do you already have an in-app mechanism that will warn me when this is available?

Unless you make GlassWire block itself via its own firewall manager then you will be alerted to software updates.
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