Dear Sabiha and Hi All Greg’s suggestion re: hosts.txt is the way to go for blacklisting
I am sure there is a way to whitelist websites. However modern websites are built very often with cloud infrastructure and thus feed in tons of content/code from Amazon, Google, Microsoft Cloud as well as other cloud services. Whitelisting just one domain will most likely result in dysfunctional websites. I do miss the simplicity of the internet before cloud infrastructure. All the best with your attempts. I have tried whitelisting/blacklisting many times. The point of failure for me is my self control (I must stop myself from just unblocking when I wish to visit the website. Best of luck, Alex > On 21 Jan 2020, at 01:50, Sabiha Ahmad <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hah Greg I'm definitely a sister, but fair guess! > > Thanks everyone who made recommendations. I've gone ahead w/ the route > suggested by Greg (albeit for PC), but my cursory research has led me to > believe that there's no free service for easily "whitelisting" websites. If I > understand correctly, whitelisting will block all websites other than those > few I select to allow? As opposed to "blacklisting" which entails a longer > process of having to individually list all the websites I want to block out? > > So far I've only found easy blacklisting methods--including yours Greg. I > wish there were a way for a basic unsophisticated internet user like myself > to easily whitelist. I think it'd be an effective way of drastically > "quieting down" and simplifying my internet use. If anyone knows of any such > service please let me know. > > Thank you, > > Sabiha > > On Mon, Jan 20, 2020, 12:48 PM Greg <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > I’m gonna help you out brother (or sister, can’t tell what gender your name > is). > > If you’re on a mac or linux, whip out that terminal and type: > > $ sudo nano /etc/hosts > > Then add an entry like: > > 127.0.0.1 twitter.com <http://twitter.com/> > > Save the file, and bam, twitter is blocked in all browsers. > > Cheers! > Greg > >> On Jan 20, 2020, at 10:28 AM, Sabiha Ahmad <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Hello, >> >> Forgive me for not posing a high-stakes query typical of this excellent >> thread, but I was wondering if you fine folks had any recommendations for >> free and comprehensive internet blocking tools for Firefox, Chrome, and >> Microsoft Edge. I'm trying to study for the bar exam and only need access to >> two or three websites most days. Embarrassingly incapable of avoiding the >> internet rabbit holes on my own. Would appreciate any advice. >> >> Thank you and happy MLK day, >> >> Sabiha >> -- >> Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable from any major commercial >> search engine. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: >> https://lists.ghserv.net/mailman/listinfo/lt >> <https://lists.ghserv.net/mailman/listinfo/lt>. Unsubscribe, change to >> digest mode, or change password by emailing >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>. > > -- > Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable from any major commercial > search engine. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: > https://lists.ghserv.net/mailman/listinfo/lt. Unsubscribe, change to digest > mode, or change password by emailing [email protected].
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