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Re:Even when told not to, Windows 10 doesn't stop talking to... by cmdrfred on Thursday August 13, 2015 @10:25AM (#10054420)
Glasswire huh? Good stuff.
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Re:Even when told not to, Windows 10 doesn't stop talking to... by ultramancool on Thursday August 13, 2015 @10:28AM (#10054436)
Yeah, I'm not the biggest fan actually. Decided to try it out this run, but I used to run Outpost, which I liked a lot more as it could do per-host blocking and stuff.

This feels more like a pretty network monitor than a real firewall.

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Re:Even when told not to, Windows 10 doesn't stop talking to... by arm on Friday August 21, 2015 @01:55AM (#10096151)
Agreed. It is useful for monitoring things like system changes, but I wouldn’t depend on just GlassWire alone for a software firewall. In my case, I use a combination of GlassWire and NetLimiter (as mentioned here):

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10039125

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