Show HN: Snitch, built after a Mac contacted 347 servers in one idle hour
aiXis · hn · 2026-10-20
A Show HN project called Snitch: the developer discovered their Mac contacted 347 servers during one idle hour and built an open-source network connection monitor to expose background phoning-home. Available at github.com/aixisstudio/Snitch, it helps privacy-conscious users audit which remote endpoints their machine is talking to.
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