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Re: Little Snitch Mini

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Post by lapcat »

dylan604 wrote: post #19
lapcat wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> 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.

> What does that mean? They now play by the same rules as other software

Yes.

Here's the developer of LuLu explaining it: https://www.patreon.com/posts/46179028

Re: Little Snitch Mini

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Post by WirelessGigabit »

dt3ft wrote: post #14

Is there a Little Snitch alternative for Windows?

I had great success with NetLimiter. Just like Little Snitch, it's a pain to set up, but it's very revealing.

Also makes you wonder why your Logitech App is talking to all these servers and why it needs to have 4 applications running in the background to... do what exactly?

Re: Little Snitch Mini

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Post by kstrauser »

mberning wrote: post #4

I bought little snitch years ago but could never get into using it consistently. Always seemed like a chore.

It's most definitely a chore for the first week. Then it disappears from sight until it finds something unusual.

Re: Little Snitch Mini

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Post by oktwtf »

dylan604 wrote: post #20
dt3ft wrote: post #14

Is there a Little Snitch alternative for Windows?

I'm kind of scared to learn exactly how chatty Windows would be.

It's not as bad as the vine says, but one thing that drives me crazy, is widgets.exe seems to get a new hash /often/ and I constantly get prompts for it.

It's all the installers that phone home at some point, and video drivers needing access etc. (Wireless displays come at a cost I guess).

Re: Little Snitch Mini

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Post by rvnx »

lapcat wrote: post #22
dylan604 wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>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.

> What does that mean? They now play by the same rules as other software Yes. Here's the developer of LuLu explaining it: https://www.patreon.com/posts/46179028

I think I saw that Little Snitch itself doesn't show all its own connections as far as I know

EDIT: Source was old posts on alt.hackintosh saying that you have to block one specific IP to prevent the call home and another one regarding LS4 saying that you have to nullroute some some Hetzner hosts.

My guess was that if you had to add some hosts to prevent LS to check its own license online, that it means that LS has its own way to go around the firewall rules.

EDIT2: Genuinely no idea, I guess we have to ask someone who uses a cracked version

Re: Little Snitch Mini

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Post by dmix »

ary wrote: post #10

People are probably going to be confused between this and the "full" version of Little Snitch. My take on it is that Little Snitch Mini is something you can install on a non-technical friend or family member's computer whereas power users may want to stick with the existing offering. I say this as a long time heavy user of Little Snitch. It's very annoying when you first get it installed, but it provides really usefu…

I've always thought this should be a feature in an OS for advanced users. Combined with some OS level security optimizations it could be quite a powerful security feature for the paranoid and at-risk.

I haven't tried mini but there's probably plenty of UX gains in between the standard Little Snitch fine control approach and the UBlock Origin style community curated defaults where control/customization is optional/on-demand.

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