Who’s Watching Your Mac? How To Watch Back.

Our Macs are relatively secure from outsiders breaking in. How about those “insiders” already on your Mac? You’d be surprised how many Mac applications “phone home” and send who knows what to outsiders.

What got this started was a simple glance at my Mac’s switch while running Synchonize Pro! Lights were blinking that shouldn’t be blinking. I wasn’t running email or a browser.

That got me to thinking—“is there an application on my Mac that’s trying to connect OUT?”.... (excerpted).

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