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> LuLu is the free, open-source macOS firewall that aims to block unknown outgoing connections, unless explicitly approved by the user.
I would love to know if anyone else has switched over and what's missing. I haven't had a whole lot of time to do a thorough investigation.
What's your threat model? My recommendations are going to be based wholly on that. Are you an average Joe/Jane, or a reporter for The Intercept?
1. For evil maid attacks. https://objective-see.com/products/dnd.html
Full disk encryption, that's it. When I get up, I lock the screen.
My primary concern is someone physically stealing my Macbook or iMac. They are personal devices and the content on them would not be much of interest to others, foreign governments or other entities. I have Prey[1] installed. On both devices, I have "admin" credentials taped to the back. The account is actually a locked down user-level account with very little authority, other than being able to get on wifi/browse th…
I used to use little snitch and now came across lulu [0]. > LuLu is the free, open-source macOS firewall that aims to block unknown outgoing connections, unless explicitly approved by the user. I would love to know if anyone else has switched over and what's missing. I haven't had a whole lot of time to do a thorough investigation. [0]: https://objective-see.com/products/lulu.html
I use them more for privacy, but security is an added benefit.
The thin I do that I think is most important is use Little Snitch ( https://www.obdev.at/products/littlesnitch/index.html ) to track/block/approve incoming and outgoing network requests. It's how I caught a new Seagate external hard drive making calls to Baidu and Google. https://fosstodon.org/@lukewrites/100907932236227641
I appreciate that Quickstray.
I think FDE plus a VPN and DNS blocker tends to be enough for not state level actors.