So my question to you is why not?
I have the same issue with my daughter and she stays up half the night on
YouTube. We can’t take the phone per se because she uses it as an alarm clock
etc and the only safe place to ensure she doesn’t take it at night is in our
bedroom.
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> On Nov 18, 2020 at 9:44 AM, <Christopher Fisk
> (mailto:christopher.f...@thefisks.org)> wrote:
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> Can I ask WHY you're looking to do this? Is the kid just not following the
> rules? Taking away the device they're using to circumvent the rules seems
> like the right thing to do to me. This isn't a simple problem. Removing just
> access to youtube for someone with computer skills and determination to get
> it will be almost impossible without really tightening down things. 1. Remove
> admin rights from the teenager's PC for their user account 2. Remove the
> ability to boot from anything except the installed HDD (to prevent creation
> of admin account through tools or running linux from livecd) 1. Set a BIOS
> password after configuring the boot sequence 2. Teen might be able to reset
> password, so seal the computer case so jumpers can't be touched 3. Setup
> Chrome and all other browsers in locked down mode using either kiosk mode for
> the browser, or GPO 1. the GPO should set a web proxy server to a machine
> running squid or other proxy software so you can block youtube there, as
> well as track what they're doing to circumvent the block 4. Setup the PC so
> they can't run anything that isn't on the whitelist of applications (so they
> don't download a standalone version of firefox/chrome and get around your
> lockdowns) 1. (This is insanely time consuming and will run into issues when
> you're trying to update the computer) In a business environment you can do
> the majority of this and centrally maintain things and it's a full time job.
> Doing it at home? That seems insane. Non-admin rights, locked down profile,
> not being able to install software and not being able to change the browser
> settings will get the majority. On Wed, Nov 18, 2020 at 1:18 AM Bino Gopal
> <binogo...@hotmail.com (mailto:binogo...@hotmail.com)> wrote: > So what’s
> the simplest/most elegant way to block YouTube on a PC when > you’ve got a
> resourceful teenager who can Google and attempt to circumvent > any methods
> you use? > > Is it on the PC or on the network first off? > > On the
> PC would UAC and an admin account and editing the hosts file be > enough?
> Or fwd proxy software for all browsers preventing new browser > install? >
> > Or just do it with filtering on the router outbound? > > How
> complicated do you need to get exactly? > > Thanks in advance! > >
> BINO > >
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