<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Dear Sabiha and Hi All<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Greg’s suggestion re: hosts.txt is the way to go for blacklisting<br class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I am sure there is a way to whitelist websites. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">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. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Whitelisting just one domain will most likely result in dysfunctional websites. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I do miss the simplicity of the internet before cloud infrastructure. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">All the best with your attempts. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">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. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Best of luck,</div><div class="">Alex<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 21 Jan 2020, at 01:50, Sabiha Ahmad <<a href="mailto:sabiha.ahmad.23@gmail.com" class="">sabiha.ahmad.23@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="auto" class="">Hah Greg I'm definitely a sister, but fair guess! <div dir="auto" class=""><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">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?</div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">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.</div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">Thank you,</div><div dir="auto" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" class="">Sabiha</div></div></div><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jan 20, 2020, 12:48 PM Greg <<a href="mailto:greg@kinostudios.com" class="">greg@kinostudios.com</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space" class="">I’m gonna help you out brother (or sister, can’t tell what gender your name is).<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">If you’re on a mac or linux, whip out that terminal and type:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">$ sudo nano /etc/hosts</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Then add an entry like:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span style="white-space:pre-wrap" class=""> </span>127.0.0.1 <a href="http://twitter.com/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" class="">twitter.com</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Save the file, and bam, twitter is blocked in all browsers.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Cheers!</div><div class="">Greg<br class=""><div class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jan 20, 2020, at 10:28 AM, Sabiha Ahmad <<a href="mailto:sabiha.ahmad.23@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" class="">sabiha.ahmad.23@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">
<div class=""><span class=""><span class="">Hello,</span></span></div><div class=""><span class=""><span class=""><br class=""></span></span></div><div class=""><span class=""><span class="">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.</span></span></div><div class=""><span class=""><span class=""><br class=""></span></span></div><div class=""><span class=""><span class="">Thank you and happy MLK day,</span></span></div><div class=""><span class=""><span class=""><br class=""></span></span></div><div class=""><span class=""><span class="">Sabiha<br class=""></span></span></div><div class=""><span class=""><span class=""></span></span></div>
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