Don't even bother with blockers if you have no DAILY routine, if you're not busy, if you don't hard-try. You have to have a job, you have to meditate, pray, read, study, work, be busy as much as possible. it's not about being an workaholic, you can meditate, relax, watch some movies , play games after work, but have to be conscious of what you do, have your life scheduled and under a PURPOSE. no purpose, no routine = idle = no progress.
That old saying "idle hands are the devil's playground" is so true. You don't fight darkness 1vs1, you can't. You have to put light on it to make it vanish. hence GET BUSY! If you are not busy working upon something you risk to fail. even better to play sudoku/ chess/ any game than to be idle.
"He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being human." - Samuel Johnson.
Guide to block all the pornography on your devices. (ANDROID & WINDOWS/MAC ONLY).
1. WINDOWS or MAC. (sorry but cold turkey does not work on Linux alas). BUT if you use windows you can try ReviOS/Tiny11 etc.
1.Install cold turkey 4.5.
Use my settings
take a look at how they work;
twitter and discord are banned but you can unban them from the block 'Keywords'. I recommend keeping them banned and using my config.
then update to the last version of cold turkey, as only 4.5 and below allow one to edit the 'Applications' tab from each block And the 'Browser' block.
AFTER you implemented the rest of the settings, lock Cold Turkey -> 'Keywords' & 'Browser' for a month. Afterwards You can lock it for more, like 3.
ALSO, in Cold Turkey, go to settings, then 'Blocking' , last option -> seconds given to re-enable.. and give it only 3 seconds. and install the browser extensions that you may need. Because this block will block the extensions downloading page.
💥Make a .bat file with this (save as .bat, not as .txt). then use an app to convert the bat file to an .exe file, such as 'Bat_To_Exe_Converter_x64.exe'.
add the .exe file in the taskbar as the first icon and use winkey+1 to turn it on. - hit it when you have a temptation and leave the PC. do something from a list made before (you should have a list with tasks for when you have a temptation) like 1h exercise, a cold shower ,a long walk, pranayama, meditation, and working on a project, then playing a game or something. make sure to do pranayama for at least 30m.
I recommend ⬇ | 10h since temptations do last, you won't access the browser; and it will also turn on KeyWords for an entire month.Just press winKey+1 when tempted. 43200 minutes = 1 month.
You can use https://reddit.nerdvpn.de/r/nofap (/https://safereddit.com/ ) for reddit. this instance blocks porn. https://libredirect.github.io/ use this and configure it for only the 2 instances aforementioned.
if you find ways to view porn here, then make a block 'reddit'. block the entire reddit and whitelist the subreddits that you use.
If you have to search for something on reddit, then use an external search engine like google and search 'reddit' with one 'r'. like "how to make potato soup redit' or 'gaming r/linuxquestions' ; this way the page won't be blocked.
Brave is needed to work. My configuration blocks Edge & Firefox because there are ways to bypass the filter through them.
.>Browser - it blocks brave (it should be your only browser) during night, from 22:00 -> 06:00 every day , because most temptations arise at night. when you want to sleep early.
But you can play games, watch offline content, read downloaded books.. or even access certain websites though webcatalog and nativefier [ the project is old and there may be some security vulnerabilities, use at your own risk!].
the block Keywords blocks most keywords that are used access porn, & reddit & twitter block the main site except some accounts or subreddits, click on any of them and 'whitelist' and add your own.
the 🔒 is meant to block all the internet except certain websites, if need be, you can use it. or you can 'nativefier' them with the app mentioned above.
and put it in the taskbar as the first option/place. press Windows key and 1 (since it's first) and it will turn on the 'stop' block for 10 hours (600 mins), that will block Brave.
In case of temptations just do this and leave, go for a long walk to calm down, then do pranayama or meditation or chant something and get busy.
- Download my host file , click the 3 dots & download, and put it in the C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\ , You can further costumize it as you please.
Go to the hosts file, right click on it, hit 'Properties' and configure it like this:
Cold turkey will block the 'Host properties' file and you will not be able to change these settings, hence you won't be able to edit or delete the hosts file given that you configured it like this. Make sure to not deny permission to the system from reading it, Only you the admin/user should not be allowed.
Experimental PATCH.
You can also prevent the access to safe mode , so this way it will be impossible to uninstall cold turkey, impossible to remove the hosts file, hence impossible to view porn; I tested it and it worked for me, but you should use at your own risk! maybe test on a fresh windows installation first. It most likely will work , nobody complained that it didn't .
I had to patch this so I also added 'MSconfig' to the block. This will definitely block porn, so go on, enjoy your life, you're free! as I mentioned above, stick to a routine and work for a purpose. The suffering is over, the benefits will soon catch up. You can apply the AVRT as well from Jack Trimpey.
Blocking Safe Mode:
There is no coming back from this. You will be unable to access safe mode and unable to uninstall cold turkey.
This will also mean that you cannot use safe mode for other intended purposes. You will have to do a full windows reinstall to remove it.
Open command prompt in administrator mode , type these lines one by one (push enter after each):
- Download this -> https://cleanbrowsing.org/help/docs/setup-content-filtering-on-windows-with-cleanbrowsing/ & add select 'Free adult filter', then go to settings & add a random password (like aaaajdd923321 cxcxewk#(#0!@(#*@!(#!()io321iIODAIDADDA), then forget it. This will only block 99.99% of porn sites so you don't need to undo it.
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At the router level you can also change the DNS, given that your ISP allows it, so
DNS1: 185.228.168.10
DNS2: 185.228.169.11
How to block Porn on android.
Install Firefox (Firefox Lite / Vivaldi / Samsung Internet / Brave) , there are ways to bypass it with other browsers. Install your extensions, then block the extension page too with the filter.
Install NoPox 0.53 With the following settings, feel free to modify/add your own:
You can set the time delay to more than 24h, maybe to 72h. Some temptations last more than 1 day. But do this only after you configured it & installed the apps that you need.
The BlockList keywords. Torrent & magnet are needed to block torrent sites. Knaben is one of them. You can also block reddit since it's an evil site & use it only from PC if need be. [ few subreddits are ok].
the WhiteList keywords. The DNS already blocks 99.99% of porn sites so blocking sites with too many keywords is not needed.
Select the VPN -> add the DNS mentioned above.
DNS1: 185.228.168.10
DNS2: 185.228.169.11
You can also use the Focus Mode feature to block your phone for x hours. In that case, add a bunch of whitelisted apps, to listen to some music & be able to read some books & access the basic apps.
Make sure that in the Focus Mode you whitelist camera, messages, gallery, my files and 'android' - that is the background android app. Also Calculator, clock, music and some offline book readers.
I also recommend NetherSX2, you can play PS2 games on it, just google the optimal settings.
You can also install this app digipaws , it's still in alpha.