At Work On a Mac

I’m trying out Little Snitch 2 by Objective Development the makers of award winning LaunchBar. I have to admit I really like it as it made me realise how little we know about our own outbound traffic. Skype for example, constantly sends information to your contacts—to report on their status, I guess. Other applications “speak” to a url to find out if an upgrade is available. All this at your expense…

It sort of follows-up on my previous post on security. While most traffic activity is benign, Little Snitch gives you additional means of knowing if all is well on your network. The demo version can be reactivated every 3 hours. You can get the application for about 29.95 Euros. Enjoy the LEDs.