Security Apps

Protect your Mac, your data and your privacy in real time. Monitor network activity, control outgoing connections, manage VPNs and DNS, secure apps with locks and 2FA, detect surveillance, prevent theft, automate backups and guard against malware directly from your menu bar.

^{Show me the free apps only}

Collection: Security Apps

Free apps | Open Source

Unplug Alarm

Unplug-alarm

Protect your MacBook from theft when you’re working in remote spaces. Get notified when someone unplugs your MacBook from power or closes its screen.

Visit

Collection: Security Apps

Paid apps

PIA

pia

Private Internet Access is a popular VPN solution for protecting your privacy while browsing the web. Their app lives in your menu bar from where you can connect to your account and select the preferred server location.

Visit

Collection: Security Apps

Free apps

OverSight

Oversight

OverSight keeps watch over your Mac’s microphone and webcam. The moment either one switches on, it tells you, along with which app is responsible, so you’re never the last to know you’re on air.

Visit Watch

Collection: Security Apps

Free apps

LuLu

Lulu
LuLu is the free, open firewall for Macs that can protect your network connections and detect malicious activity. It blocks any unknown outgoing connections, until approved by the user.

Visit Watch

Collection: Security Apps

Freemium apps | Open Source

Do Not Disturb

Do-not-disturb

Do Not Disturb watches for the one moment most physical attacks on a laptop have in common: someone opening the lid. If that happens while you’re away, it alerts you, and it can send a message to your phone via Telegram, optionally with a webcam photo of whoever opened it.

Visit

Collection: Security Apps

Paid apps

Micro Snitch

Micro-snitch

Know when someone or something is using your computer’s microphone (or web cam). This menu bar app monitors and reports any microphone and camera activity to help you figure out if someone’s spying on you.

Visit Watch