Any thoughts on the difference between using this vs DNS (e.g. nextdns) with blocklists?
It seems like DNS is more convenient as you don't need to run extra software on your machine and it works on any device.
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#12Any thoughts on the difference between using this vs DNS (e.g. nextdns) with blocklists? It seems like DNS is more convenient as you don't need to run extra software on your machine and it works on any device.
> Any thoughts on the difference between using this vs DNS (e.g. nextdns) with blocklists?
Little Snitch is process-based, so you can block a specific process from connecting to a specific domain while allowing other processes to connect to the domain, whereas with DNS you have to block every process from the domain. And of course Little Snitch gives you process-level info too, which DNS doesn't.
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#13As someone who's been paying for Little Snitch for a long time this is an odd move, as this seems to do everything I would want. Sure, I've availed of some of the more advanced features in the paid version, but they definitely never seemed essential to me. What I mainly need is the basics they've included in the free version now. I wonder if this is a direct response to Lulu (have been meaning to try it but migration…
But you don't get connection blocking for free.
> The network monitoring functionality, including the real-time connection list, traffic diagrams and the animated map view can be used for free!
> The full feature set, including connection blocking, extended traffic history time ranges, advanced display and filtering options and more is available as an in-app purchase.
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#14Is there a Little Snitch alternative for Windows?
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#15Is there a Little Snitch alternative for Windows?
A good question. I looked it up. The AlternativeTo site offers a few PC alternatives to Little Snitch:
"Little Snitch is not available for Windows but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Windows with similar functionality. The best Windows alternative is GlassWire, which is free."
https://alternativeto.net/software/little-snitch/?platform=w...
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#16Seems to do the same thing as Safings Postmaster, which is also Free and open source.
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#17As someone who's been paying for Little Snitch for a long time this is an odd move, as this seems to do everything I would want. Sure, I've availed of some of the more advanced features in the paid version, but they definitely never seemed essential to me. What I mainly need is the basics they've included in the free version now. I wonder if this is a direct response to Lulu (have been meaning to try it but migration…
But you don't get connection blocking for free. > The network monitoring functionality, including the real-time connection list, traffic diagrams and the animated map view can be used for free! > The full feature set, including connection blocking, extended traffic history time ranges, advanced display and filtering options and more is available as an in-app purchase.
I guess if you are just doing an investigation to see if there is any unusual traffic, the free version can be useful. Since it's not actually preventing any of the traffic, it doesn't make the paid for version useless. For those that want to stop the data flow but continue using the chatty software, upgrading to the paid version would still be a thing. If you're the type to just stop/remove chatty software, then this free version will help find them. Seems kind of cool.
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#18Is there a Little Snitch alternative for Windows?
simplewall[0] is my #1 install on a new machine. Little different, but it'll still alert you to the requests, allow for timers, per application/route rules etc.
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#19How does this compare to the "LuLu" app from Objective-See? IIRC that one was open source, while this isn't. A few years ago there was a concern that Apple was exempting itself from some of these firewalls. Were these concerns ever addressed in any meaningful way by any of these apps since then?
> IIRC that one was open source, while this isn't. Yes. Little Snitch has been around for for a long time, though, something like 20 years. The developer Obdev is trustworthy, and I wholeheartedly recommend Little Snitch (the full version; I haven't tried the Mini version). > A few years ago there was a concern that Apple was exempting itself from some of these firewalls. Were these concerns ever addressed in any mea…
>Apple fixed the issue.
What does that mean? They now play by the same rules as other software, or they just did something else without actually addressing the problem?
After Office Space and "we fixed the glitch", simply saying "fixed the issue" leaves a lot to the imagination.
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#20Is there a Little Snitch alternative for Windows?
I'm kind of scared to learn exactly how chatty Windows would be.