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When I saw this headline I assumed it was Little Snitch an existing network monitor and firewall for Macs. Might need a different name. https://www.obdev.at/p
by mikeryan 10mo ago
When I saw this headline I assumed it was Little Snitch an existing network monitor and firewall for Macs.
Might need a different name.
https://www.obdev.at/products/littlesnitch/index.html https://www.obdev.at/products/littlesnitch/index.html
- wkat4242 10mo agoThere's also a Linux clone of little snitch, OpenSnitch.
- zormal 10mo agoThere's also https://github.com/snitch-org/snitch https://github.com/snitch-org/snitch with the AUR package name 'snitch'.
- stressback 10mo agoSeems like a fine name. Why would little snitch existing necessitate a name change?
- charcircuit 10mo agoBecause it's potentially trademark infringement because it could confuse people.
- cretinoid 10mo agoExactly right.
- consp 10mo agoCan you actually trademark a common word? (Serious question)
- janzer 10mo agoYes, Apple, Windows, Amazon, Shell, Target, Dove, Ivory, Tide, Polo. (With help from Claude completing the list)
- satiated_grue 10mo agoRemember the trademark fights between Apple Music (Beatles) and Apple Computer? Interesting history.
- kalleboo 10mo agoSosumi!
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- Angostura 10mo agoYes, but only for a fair tight class of business
- cretinoid 10mo agoI immediately thought of that too. The names these people come up with are so embarrassing. And I'm not even talking about the meaning of 'snitch'. But you already have a tool within the same IT area that is basically named the same. Why the hell would you do that? Aren't there other words in the dictionary?
- inejge 10mo ago> The names these people come up with are so embarrassing. And I'm not even talking about the meaning of 'snitch'. They should call it "rat" and be done with it. Besides, "snitch" works for Little Snitch -- I've always found it somehow endearing, although the bare word is unflattering.
- cretinoid 10mo ago[dead]
- monster_truck 10mo agoIt's not even a friendly word
- mrjay42 10mo agoWow that's so nice, would there be an equivalent for PC? (Windows or Linux)
- guessmyname 10mo ago1. Linux → https://github.com/evilsocket/opensnitch https://github.com/evilsocket/opensnitch 2. Windows → https://www.glasswire.com/ https://www.glasswire.com/ 3. Windows (open source) → https://github.com/henrypp/simplewall https://github.com/henrypp/simplewall 4. Windows → https://safing.io/ https://safing.io/
- hwj 10mo agoI've been a long time Litte Snitch user. However, these days I'm just using LuLu: https://objective-see.org/products/lulu.html https://objective-see.org/products/lulu.html
- teruakohatu 10mo agoWhy did you switch? Price? OSS? Or does LuLu have compelling features?
- hwj 10mo agoIt's a mix of everything (in no particular order): - the author of LuLu is a security researcher; he also wrote "The Art of Mac Malware" - I already bought two versions of Little Snitch and wasn't willing to pay for the third one - contacting their support left a bitter aftertaste
- teruakohatu 10mo ago> - I already bought two versions of Little Snitch and wasn't willing to pay for the third one I have probably also paid for three versions. It’s a great piece of software and they do not require upgrades excessively. But I will try LuLu. I would rather my security software was OSS.
- karol-broda 10mo agoi am not sure if this would need a different name, you may just have this association because you are using little snitch, but they have completely different use-cases. for now this will just be a way to display ss/netstat data in the terminal in a nice way