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Who’s using your Mac? Little Snitch tells all
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Have you ever wondered who’s using your Mac besides you? Those little blinking lights on your router might be telling you something. Some software on your Mac phones home without telling you it’s using your phone to place the call. Little Snitch acts like a reverse firewall to protect your Mac from the inside out. How does it do what it does?
Reader Comments
Paranoid and Curious said:
This is a unique tool.
I have the same questions Stephen Keese asked.
Does any one know why Firefox or Camino must call home?
Does Little Snitch call home but not telling us?
Jan Kemmer said:
I’m astounded at how much talk is going on FROM my Mac TO someplace else. Microsoft Office checks to see if there are other installs of the same serial number on the network. Camino needs to visit Mozilla before it even will run. I understand the need for an app to check for an update, but what else is going on that requires so many checks? Little Snitch blocks outgoing access, but I fear there is more going on behind the scenes with our software and our information.
‘If everyone is out to get you, then paranoia is the right attitude.’
Stephen Keese said:
I’ve been using Little Snitch for quite a while and am baffled by the information that it presents. For example, almost all Apple apps try to connect back to Apple. Why? On launch Camino asks to connect to Mozilla. If I click no, Camino won’t work. Have you found any way to find out what the sites are for and what the connections to them are for? What good is private browsing or erasing history, if everything gets sent to a server anyhow? Even if the site says there is no personally identifiable information sent, is there any way to know if they are lying?