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Life & fun · August 25, 2014

I got hacked, felt paranoid, made an app – GlassWire

GlassWire is a modern personal firewall and network monitor with over 54 million downloads. Download GlassWire free!

I got hacked, felt paranoid, made an app – GlassWire launched on August 25, 2014 with 1,013 votes, #2 of 2,208 launches that month and more than 99% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 12 years on.

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In plain words

GlassWire is a network monitoring application that visualizes what software on a user's computer is connecting to the internet. It displays network activity in a visual map format, allowing users to see which programs are communicating with external servers and identify unusual or suspicious connections. The tool is designed for people concerned about unauthorized network activity or wanting to understand what their applications are doing online. It helps users detect potentially malicious or unexpected data transfers.

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From the sources

Instantly see your current & past network activity. Detect malware, & block badly behaving apps. “Beautifully informative” “…brings attention to suspicious Internet activities” “Who is your computer talking to?” “…attractive, easy-to-use network monitor” “…identify problematic or malicious application” “…notifies you when a new device joins the network.” Privacy & Security Features Instantly see who or what your PC is talking to on GlassWire's network monitoring graph, plus see what your PC may have connected to in the past. Detect spyware, malware, badly behaving apps, and bandwidth hogs, then block their connections. Monitor other PCs on your network and get alerted when new unknown…from glasswire.com

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