Radio Silence - miniature firewall for Mac, which will protect your data

Many of the applications installed on your Mac, asks the Internet to check for new versions, licenses and other things. When connected, they transmit a lot of data on the development server software that can use them for their own purposes. If you do not like it, Radio Silence can help.

This is a very simple utility that monitors all incoming connections initiated by applications, and lists them. If any of the apps without your knowledge trying to connect to their servers, then it can be locked.

Restrict access to the Internet for programs that have not yet caught on a hot, it is possible through the Block Application button. It will open the application selection dialog from the list of installed programs. Specify the right, and it is immediately blocked.

The list of "penalty box" is displayed on the Firewall tab. From here, you can temporarily suspend the operation of Radio Silence or rehabilitate applications by removing them from the block list.

Firewall works very gently, without disturbing anything. On the menu bar does not even have the appropriate icon.

In fact, it's possible Radio Silence. A little more than a standard firewall is able to, but smaller than the well-known and not cheap ($ 30) Little Snitch. Developers could make the price tag more democratic, still $ 9 a firewall with basic functions - is more expensive. Although to their credit it should be said that the Radio Silence has a trial and a money back guarantee within 30 days if the application does not suit you.

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