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Protect your privacy: Little Snitch prevents your private data from being sent out to the Internet without your knowledge.

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Little Snitch @littlesnitch.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Due to a bug in LS 6.2.1, automatic software update checks may not work for some users, so they aren’t notified about future updates anymore. Please perform a manual check to get 6.2.2 which fixes this issue. Please re-post to notify others who might also be affected by this bug. Thanks a lot! 💐

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Automatic software update checks may fail in Little Snitch 6.2.1

A minor, seemingly insignificant change in Little Snitch 6.2.1 resulted in a rather unfortunate bug: If you have that version installed, chances are that automatic checks for new versions of Little Sn...

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Little Snitch @littlesnitch.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

ping. pong. Yet another hole in the wall. obdev.at/blog/ping-po...

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ping. pong. Yet another hole in the wall

Back in 2020, when Apple introduced the new Network Extension framework as a mandatory replacement for the previous, kernel extension based NKE interface, third-party firewall products were required t...

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Little Snitch @littlesnitch.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

What happens on your device, stays on your device – until it doesn’t. www.obdev.at/blog/what-ha...

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Little Snitch @littlesnitch.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

“My argument is that consent is always necessary, and technology, no matter how (allegedly) good, is never a substitute for consent, because user privacy entails user ownership of their data.” lapcatsoftware.com/articles/202...

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Technology is never a substitute for consent

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Little Snitch @littlesnitch.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

It’s enabled by default because Apple probably means “privately” here in the sense of “secretly”. mjtsai.com/blog/2025/01...

Screenshot of the “Enhanced Visual Search” setting in the Photos.app of macOS, which is enabled by default. The description of this setting reads: “Allow Photos to privately match places in your photos with a global index maintained by Apple so you can search by almost any landmark or point of interest.”

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Little Snitch @littlesnitch.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Thanks for your huge interest in Little Snitch! Due to the extraordinary demand we’ve extended our Black Friday sale until today 9:00 PM Pacific Standard Time (PST). So there are still a few hours left to save 30% on Little Snitch! obdev.at

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Little Snitch @littlesnitch.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

You, know, it’s Black Friday. So don’t miss the chance to save 30% on your Little Snitch purchase or upgrade!  obdev.at

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Little Snitch @littlesnitch.bsky.social · 03/04/2024

Curious to get a first look at Little Snitch 6? Then join our private beta! Limited spots are available, so don’t miss out! obdev.at/littlesnitch...

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Little Snitch @littlesnitch.bsky.social · 01/03/2024

Bitdefender has found a new version of the Atomic Stealer malware that threatens macOS. They say, “This variant is largely undetected at the moment of writing.”—Did they try Little Snitch? www.bitdefender.com/blog/labs/wh...

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