Radio Silence

Monitor & block apps that make unwanted network connections.

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Monitor & block apps that make unwanted network connections.

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Mute Intercom

Here is an idea: Instead of blocking all the requests an app makes only block the questionable ones. Do so by providing pre-defined rules people can activate. Defining rules per app can be time consuming so there could be a repo where people share the rules, similar to how Alfred's workflows are shared. This way Radio Silence can be used with online & offline apps.

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10yr ago

DiffSense

@roadtoaether Great idea. There is an insane amount of calls made per app. Even OSX it self calls home more than I like to think about. If you cancel the wrong call your OS start to miss-behave etc. A public blocklist would be awesome! Although it wouldn't be as simple as blocking an web-ad or a torrent-peer. As it could cause systems to start crashing.

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10yr ago

Mute Intercom

@eonpilot exactly. For example in Todoist I block everything but the 2 requests that keep the app functional:

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10yr ago

DiffSense

@roadtoaether These kinds of calls should be opt-in if you ask me. :D

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10yr ago

Hunter

The goodlooking cheaper cousin of Little Snitch and Hands Off! that compensates the lack of power-user features with its ease of use.

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10yr ago

It does look good! I've been using Little Snitch for a while but Radio Silence seems to be a solid alternative for my dad's computer 😉

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10yr ago

Looks like a great, no-frills alternative to Little Snitch, but I don't like the all-or-nothing approach to sub-processes. Would like more control, but still presented in the clean, unobtrusive way it currently is presented. Like Eon said before me, a public Blocklist would be really cool to have. Sort of like an EasyList filter you can just subscribe to, but the apps you don't have installed will simply be ignored.

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10yr ago

Great app guys, amazing how many apps phone home... and sometimes with more than one connection! Trying out the trial, if it goes well, I'll be a customer for sure.

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10yr ago

Trip Mode is another no-frills, cheap, alternative to Little Snitch I can recommend. Radio Silence certainly tops both of them for the name though. :-)

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10yr ago

TenX

Awesome. How does this differ from TripMode (https://www.tripmode.ch/) for example?

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10yr ago

Hunter

@m19nl Tripmode is a totally different thing. Tripmode blocks internet access when you're travelling abroad and want to restrict the amount of data send over your (foreign) phone company's data network - in order to control the roaming costs. Radio Silence / Little Snitch / Hands Off type apps let you control what data will be send to the app companies. They only block outgoing data that you don't want to 'give' to these companies.

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10yr ago

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