[X4U] Re: Wireless theft

[Timothy Luoma]

On Jun 23, 2005, at 10:03 AM, Vicki Allwardt wrote:

> What is the general opinion of "Little Snitch" (Version Tracker) or  
> Net Barrier?

Apps like these are much more necessary on Windows (ZoneAlarm or  
BlackIce) as they are a good way to spot spyware on your system.

On Mac, they are not strictly speaking necessary (you can do the same  
thing with commandline tools) but they are much nicer and more Mac-Like.

My biggest issue with Little Snitch is that I think $25 is way too  
much for a little app like this.  Now, mind you I'm not against  
paying for useful software (I own LaunchBar by the same author) and  
I'm sure that's the price point that the author thought gives him the  
best chance of, you know, getting paid for his work given the  
relatively small market.

If it were $15 I'd buy it today just to have it, and $20 would  
probably be "close enough" but for some reason $25 is just too high  
for me.

Net Barrier, which I was not familiar with until I Googled it (http:// 
www.intego.com/netbarrier/) is $70 which is, of course, much more  
than Little Snitch but also does a lot more, almost overwhelmingly  
more.  I'd probably lean towards in, but then again I'm a bit of a geek.

So it depends on what you want.  I've heard lots of people who like  
Little Snitch and it does what they need.  I haven't heard much about  
Net Barrier but that doesn't mean much.

TjL