![]() I only use Firefox in private browsing mode now. Last week I did some holiday shopping for my granddaughter on the GAP site on my iPad and within 48 hours ads for GAP and all of their affiliated sites started showing up in my Twitter feed. It is one of the finest security programs on the market and well worth the money. ![]() After awhile you learn which sites the first 2-5 numbers belong to. I use an IP identification site to look up each IP that attempts to connect on Firefox and see what company it belongs to. If you have purchased Little Snitch 4 after November 1, 2019, you can upgrade to Little Snitch 5 for free just use your existing license key. However, Little Snitch is quite expensive and not many users can afford it. ![]() To a lesser degree Google and then the social media sites. Little Snitch is an excellent tool which lets you analyze network connections on macOS and creates a firewall to protect your computer from unauthorized outbound connections. In that 24 hour period Amazon attempted to connect 259 times.- not their web services. Little Snitch provides flexible configuration options, allowing you to grant specific permissions to your trusted applications or to prevent others from establishing particular Internet connections at all. It can be a pain to check every connection your browser tries to make but it’s worth it. Little Snitch runs inconspicuously in the background and it can also detect network related activity of viruses, trojans and other malware. I’m a privacy nut and don’t relish the idea of behemoth corporations making money off me by exploiting my computer. I use Little Snitch on my MacBook Pro and love it.
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