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Are there any plans for a Mac version? Pretty cool that both Windows and Linux both are supported and already exist. Keep up the good work! I also appreciate

Are there any plans for a Mac version? Pretty cool that both Windows and Linux both are supported and already exist. Keep up the good work! I also appreciate the easy to read and clear privacy policy about what telemetry and data this SaSS platform collects and how it is handled. https://safing.io/privacy/#article-1-where-we-collect-datapii-from https://safing.io/privacy/#article-1-where-we-collect-datapi...

CharlesW 4y ago
For macOS I can strongly recommend Little Snitch. It's not open source, but I like that it's not subscription software and doesn't collect personal data. https://www.obdev.at/products/littlesnitch/index.html https://www.obdev.at/products/littlesnitch/index.html
- cvwright 4y ago
  Why is “not subscription software” necessarily a good thing? Don’t you want to be the customer rather than the product?
  - metadat 4y ago
    Little Snitch still costs money, it's just a different licensing model. It's not SaSS, so only a one-time fee to purchase for the tool. The reason I'm open to paying a monthly fee for a SaSS offering is to keep getting new features and timely security updates, and support ensuring the recurring expense aspects of the service can stay alive. It's not entirely clear to me yet why PortMaster needs to be a SaSS, but it's not implausible. I don't have any Windows or Linux desktop machines in regular use currently, looking forward to trying this out once the Mac version exists.
    - CharlesW 4y ago
      > The reason I'm open to paying a monthly fee for a SaSS offering… To clarify, I'm absolutely not subscription shaming, and I understand that startups are effectively forced to use a SaaS model in order to attract investors.
  - CharlesW 4y ago
    > Why is “not subscription software” necessarily a good thing? I personally consider that a "pro". You may not have experienced subscription fatigue yet, which is great. > Don’t you want to be the customer rather than the product? You may have misunderstood — Little Snitch is a paid product that collects no data.
    - cvwright 4y ago
      That makes sense. Thanks!
- zikduruqe 4y ago
  I've been running LuLu and it works great. https://objective-see.org/products/lulu.html https://objective-see.org/products/lulu.html
  - CharlesW 4y ago
    I love everything Objective-See makes too. Glad you mentioned them!
  - krono 4y ago
    FYI: It comes with opt-out Sentry crash reporting. Edit: Shipping such a component enabled by default might be unexpected for applications of this nature and easily overlooked, which is why I mention it.
simjnd 4y ago
They have considered it and say they will invest in it "once they have the resources" [1]. So I wouldn't expect it anytime soon at all. [1]: https://docs.safing.io/portmaster/install/status/mac https://docs.safing.io/portmaster/install/status/mac EDIT: Added link to source

CharlesW 4y ago

For macOS I can strongly recommend Little Snitch. It's not open source, but I like that it's not subscription software and doesn't collect personal data. https://www.obdev.at/products/littlesnitch/index.html https://www.obdev.at/products/littlesnitch/index.html

cvwright 4y ago
Why is “not subscription software” necessarily a good thing? Don’t you want to be the customer rather than the product?
- metadat 4y ago
  Little Snitch still costs money, it's just a different licensing model. It's not SaSS, so only a one-time fee to purchase for the tool. The reason I'm open to paying a monthly fee for a SaSS offering is to keep getting new features and timely security updates, and support ensuring the recurring expense aspects of the service can stay alive. It's not entirely clear to me yet why PortMaster needs to be a SaSS, but it's not implausible. I don't have any Windows or Linux desktop machines in regular use currently, looking forward to trying this out once the Mac version exists.
  - CharlesW 4y ago
    > The reason I'm open to paying a monthly fee for a SaSS offering… To clarify, I'm absolutely not subscription shaming, and I understand that startups are effectively forced to use a SaaS model in order to attract investors.
- CharlesW 4y ago
  > Why is “not subscription software” necessarily a good thing? I personally consider that a "pro". You may not have experienced subscription fatigue yet, which is great. > Don’t you want to be the customer rather than the product? You may have misunderstood — Little Snitch is a paid product that collects no data.
  - cvwright 4y ago
    That makes sense. Thanks!
zikduruqe 4y ago
I've been running LuLu and it works great. https://objective-see.org/products/lulu.html https://objective-see.org/products/lulu.html
- CharlesW 4y ago
  I love everything Objective-See makes too. Glad you mentioned them!
- krono 4y ago
  FYI: It comes with opt-out Sentry crash reporting. Edit: Shipping such a component enabled by default might be unexpected for applications of this nature and easily overlooked, which is why I mention it.

simjnd 4y ago

They have considered it and say they will invest in it "once they have the resources" [1]. So I wouldn't expect it anytime soon at all. [1]: https://docs.safing.io/portmaster/install/status/mac https://docs.safing.io/portmaster/install/status/mac EDIT: Added link to source