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Set yourself as a child and let someone else be your "parent". Then the blocking will be enforced!

• slver 6y ago
  Only my dog knows my parental lock password. Son of a bitch doesn't let go no matter how many treats I feed him.
• myself248 6y ago
  Some years ago, I was at a coffee shop with free wifi, which had become fairly common, but it had a captive portal that required a login, which was an innovation at the time. I apparently looked pretty nerdy, and the fellow at the next table asked if I could help him figure out his login problem, since the folks at the counter were at a loss. Turns out, he was running a piece of web-monitoring software, which wouldn't let him access the login page because it couldn't get permission from its server, because it couldn't reach the server, because he hadn't gotten past the login page. Pretty straightforward little Catch-22. We turned off his wifi for a moment and I ended up MAC-spoofing his device to complete the login on his behalf, and all was well. Once he confirmed he was online successfully, I asked more about this monitoring software. Was it installed by his employer? No, turns out this was a religious thing, to avoid "temptation". Monitoring and approval was apparently done by another user of the software -- pairs of peers would agree to keep an eye on each other's browsing habits, the logic being that even just a little more visibility and accountability is all it takes to keep oneself on the straight-and-narrow. What a fascinating little market I never knew existed!