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LittleSnitch doesn't tattle on itself phoning home.
by hackingonempty 6mo ago
LittleSnitch doesn't tattle on itself phoning home.
- p-e-w 6mo agoIs that true? If so, that’s not a good sign. I remember how impressed I was by ZoneAlarm in the early 2000s asking permission for itself to connect to the Internet, using the exact same dialogue it presented for any other program, with no dark patterns suggesting that the user should give preferential treatment to it.
- jshier 6mo agoDoesn't seem to be, I can see LittleSnitch itself connecting to yoyo.org and obdev.at. GP may be referencing a past bug, either in LittleSnitch or macOS.
- littlesnitch 6mo agoIf it connects to yoyo.org, you have subscribed to Peter Lowe's blocklist and Little Snitch is trying to update the list from there.
- jshier 6mo agoI have, yes. Didn't bother to check the domains, just wanted to say they were visible.
- deleted 6mo ago[deleted]
- allthetime 6mo agoIt does… and if it didn’t it would be trivial to prove.
- littlesnitch 6mo agoAny proofs for this claim?