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Little Snitch privacy rating

Application firewall for macOS that alerts on outgoing connections and lets users allow or deny network access per app and per server, with a map of connections.

Austria Outside Eyes

Summary

Little Snitch scores 35 out of 100 (grade F) on the firewalls criteria. It meets 1 of 4 criteria: no ads or data sales. It partly meets no trackers or telemetry. It does not meet open source and independent audit. It is based in Austria: Not in the Five, Nine or Fourteen Eyes; EU member (GDPR).

Score 35 out of 100. How scoring works

Criteria

  • No

    Open source Weight 3 of 3

    Is all the source code needed to run the product public?

    Closed source.

  • Partial

    No trackers or telemetry Weight 3 of 3

    Are the website and apps free of third-party trackers, with any analytics anonymous and any telemetry off by default?

    No third-party trackers on the website; the automatic update check sends version and system details used for anonymous statistics and can be turned off.

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  • Yes

    No ads or data sales Weight 2 of 3

    Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data?

    Funded by paid licenses, with no ads.

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  • No

    Independent audit Weight 2 of 3

    Has an independent security or privacy audit been published within the last three years?

    No independent audit is published.

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