I love this!
gramie@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
I suppose you could add entries for those right-wing websites into the “hosts” file, redirecting them to Google or some other relatively innocuous place.
ExtraMedicated@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
wetsoggybread@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Be careful about this, if he intentionally clicks on a link or tries to go to these websites and it doesn’t work, it’s going to be your problem because you set it up for him
Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
“MY LAPTOP DOESN’T WORK!!!”
“What’s wrong with it?”
“I CAN’T GO TO ALEX JONES CONSPIRACY EMPORIUM!”
“Oh. That’s because I blocked it.”
“WHAT??? UNBLOCK IT!!!”
“No.” closes bedroom door
skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl 3 weeks ago
chaospatterns@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
If you alter it to 0.0.0.0 then it shouldn’t pop an SSL error, it would be a connection failed error.
gramie@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
OP was not very specific about what behavior they actually wanted. Changing the host file would prevent the uncle from visiting those sites, but as you say, it would not be subtle.