I never thought I would want a "walled garden" on my desktop, but these shit software stacks that companies are integrating into their products are forcing me to want to fight back to lock down my machine.
I would love a simple utility that could not only neatly encapsulate and display the data being sent from my machine out on the network but also allow me to merely check a box to block that traffic.
A smart initial config of course would "allow list" the usual web traffic from my browser(s), mail traffic from my mail client, etc.
I don't want to mess with proxies, don't want to have to block ports using a command-line tool or by wading through my router config.
I would love a simple utility that could not only neatly encapsulate and display the data being sent from my machine out on the network but also allow me to merely check a box to block that traffic.
A smart initial config of course would "allow list" the usual web traffic from my browser(s), mail traffic from my mail client, etc.
I don't want to mess with proxies, don't want to have to block ports using a command-line tool or by wading through my router config.
Maybe I am asking for too much.