# Software Firewall for Windows?

**URL:** https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/software-firewall-for-windows/13859
**Category:** Questions
**Tags:** software
**Created:** 2023-09-05T20:29:09Z
**Posts:** 106
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## Post 53 by @sha123 — 2024-01-23T13:05:44Z

> [@Average_Joe](#):
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> It just seems so easy for a Windows app to send off a user’s personal information to the Internet…

That’s a general problem with unsandboxed apps. On Linux it’s not different. If you use a sudo account for everyday use, it’s even easier for malicious apps to manipulate firewall rules than on Windows.

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