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		jedisct1 on Feb 1, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: OpenSnitch is a GNU/Linux port of the Little Snitc... An application can also repeatedly ask for permissions, flooding the user with (little snitch or whatever) popups until they gave up and disable it just to be able to use their computer again.

Wowfunhappy on Feb 1, 2020 | [–]

Which would tell the user the app is malevolent.

mokus on Feb 1, 2020 | [–]

Why would I continue to use that app? If anything that’s the kind of app I run little snitch to detect and excise from my life.

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