Create Parental Control : giphy #317
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Voltairine-de-Cleyre
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Jul 8, 2020
Voltairine-de-Cleyre
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Initial commit for giphy "service" for parental control blocking. Blocking the apps themselves is another thing, e.g. the app for Android = `com.giphy.messenger` & while the $app modifier may be used for Android, Mac & Windows via AdGuard, it's not possible unless NextDNS accepts the type of "domains" required. If not, this list will only help in blocking the website itself. 👍🏼
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Thanks. Not sure I understand the part about not being able to block the apps via DNS-level blocking, could you explain? |
Apologies for my long period of missing. What I was trying to convey is that normally, blocking, e.g. giphy.com does not block the app on iOS. I say normally because without knowing NextDNS's "behind-the-scenes" blocking engine's way of functioning, all I know is that I've tried blocking all known Giphy domains & the iOS app still functions. Why this is, I cannot say, since one would assume it would not function just as Facebook does not function when denying access to the domains the web client (when used directly in a browser) needs to function. Edit: note that when I say not function I mean that literally. Blocking the given domains does stop the app from showing the actual gifs, but it doesn't stop the app from loading. Though I suppose blocking the gifs is essentially the point and if the app will not show any, then it, in this case, can be said to not technically function. |
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It's been 2 years; I'm closing this. I know others want this feature as well; apparently it's too technically challenging. |
