What are blocklists and why should you use them? Susanne on Little Snitch — November 12, 2021 Everyone has heard of them, blocklists, blacklists, denylists. But what are they? In short, a blocklist is a database of Internet servers known for spreading spam, malware or unwanted advertisements. If a blocklist is installed on your computer, connections from »
A wall without a hole Norbert on Little Snitch, Security — January 14, 2021 Update: Apple has released macOS 11.2 on February 1, 2021, removing the controversial ContentFilterExclusionList.It seems that Apple is willing to admit mistakes. The unfortunate hole in the wall that raised a lot of privacy and security concerns in »
A hole in the wall Norbert on Little Snitch — November 17, 2020 Apple on Privacy: Privacy is a fundamental human right. At Apple, it’s also one of our core values. Your devices are important to so many parts of your life. What you share from those experiences, and who you share »
Little Snitch and the Deprecation of Kernel Extensions Norbert on Little Snitch — March 24, 2020 You probably came here because your Mac showed a message telling you that software from “Objective Development Software GmbH” (Little Snitch) loaded a system extension that will no longer be compatible with a future version of macOS and that you »
macOS 10.15.1 Update Fixes Kernel Prelinking Marco on Mac, Little Snitch — October 30, 2019 The initial release of macOS Catalina caused trouble for a lot of Little Snitch users. Updating an existing version of Little Sntich would almost always lead to a dreaded “Version Mismatch” error being shown after restarting your Mac. We documented »