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Little Snitch 3 - Protects Outgoing Traffic - Worth Owning?
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<blockquote data-quote="IWT" data-source="post: 1741782" data-attributes="member: 83420"><p>Dave,</p><p></p><p>I too used the app in version 2.</p><p></p><p>Having all these notifications, like those who posted above, was bad enough; but what was worse, in many instances I had no idea what Little Snitch was referring to. It wasn't a case of "do you mind iTunes/Safari/Photos sending data", more "xyz/12.L" wants to communicate with server - Allow or Disallow".</p><p></p><p>Time wasting research revealed that "xyz/12.L" was a perfectly legitimate background daemon in OS which was doing its job.</p><p></p><p>I gave up, in ignorance.</p><p></p><p>But many swear by it - and two or three years ago, there was a nasty Mac intrusion (forget the name) which used a vulnerability to access the Mac OS; but if it (the intrusion) detected Little Snitch, it abandoned the attempt. Colleagues here may recall the instance and name better than I.</p><p></p><p>My thinking is that it's a class act, but for those with special knowledge and much patience.</p><p></p><p>Ian</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="IWT, post: 1741782, member: 83420"] Dave, I too used the app in version 2. Having all these notifications, like those who posted above, was bad enough; but what was worse, in many instances I had no idea what Little Snitch was referring to. It wasn't a case of "do you mind iTunes/Safari/Photos sending data", more "xyz/12.L" wants to communicate with server - Allow or Disallow". Time wasting research revealed that "xyz/12.L" was a perfectly legitimate background daemon in OS which was doing its job. I gave up, in ignorance. But many swear by it - and two or three years ago, there was a nasty Mac intrusion (forget the name) which used a vulnerability to access the Mac OS; but if it (the intrusion) detected Little Snitch, it abandoned the attempt. Colleagues here may recall the instance and name better than I. My thinking is that it's a class act, but for those with special knowledge and much patience. Ian [/QUOTE]
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