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My problem with Little Snitch is that it throws too much information at me, or it's better to say that I care too much for the information that it provides (and
by Philipp__ 9y ago
My problem with Little Snitch is that it throws too much information at me, or it's better to say that I care too much for the information that it provides (and it provides a lot of information). What I would like to see is exactly what you said, a preset that would disable everything besides browser and what I initiate.
Edit: Ok so I installed Beta, and it asks you on initial setup page if you want to enable or disable all iCloud and macOS services (respectively, they are completely separated options). That's cool!
- mtgx 9y agoI don't know how Little Snitch does it as I've never used it, but one of my favorite UX/UI implementations for something like this is how GlassWire does it. When something connects to the outside, it subtly notifies you about it, you see everything in an easy to read list, and you can also easily take action like instantly-block something. There is no myriad of popups and alerts and a whole multi-step process to disable something, which is how most such solutions do it. For something that would "disable everything by default" I would simply like to get a GlassWire-like +1 notification on the icon, and then I should be able to see a list of "last blocked" so I can troubleshoot myself later if something went wrong.
- Fnoord 9y agoThat's what Little Snitch does as well. Its nothing new though. Layer-7 firewalls ("personal firewalls") have existed for desktop OSes for a while. I ran them in end of 90s on Windows 9x. Software such as ZoneAlarm, and there were others as well (IIRC LavaSoft had one, but not sure). Nowadays, Windows has one build-in.