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How I blocked off porn from my PC and smartphone

Discussion in 'Rebooting - Porn Addiction Recovery' started by P-Ley, Sep 1, 2014.

  1. P-Ley

    P-Ley Fapstronaut

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    DISCLAIMER:as the title of this thread states, this is how I blocked porn from both my PC and smartphone. The solution I've devised makes use of commercial software, but I do not intend to support nor promote this specific app in lieu of other programs. If you find other software that works better for you, feel free to use that.
    Also, keep in mind that I'm not a native English speaker; therefore, if you have any questions, feel free to reply to this thread, and I will answer asap.

    This thread is based on the assumptions that:
    1)You don't have a real-life accountability partner, and do not want to have one.
    2)You have a PC, and run an account with admin rights.
    3)You have an Android smartphone.

    Now, these are the steps I followed:
    1)Create a new gmail account. Set it up without recovery e-mail or cellphone number: you want it NOT to be accessible in a short time from now. But for now, use a simple password you can remember.
    2)Download K9, and get a license associated to the gmail account you just created. K9 is a freeware, and so far the best filtering program I've found.
    3) Set K9 up to block the following: Pornography, Nudity, Proxy Avoidance,P2P. Put Twitter and Tumblr in the website and word search blacklist.Put self-help websites such as NoFap on the whitelist. Filter secure HTTPS traffic. Force Safe search. If you wish, force Youtube filtering.
    4) Once you've set it up, TEST IT. Try googling up porn sites you often go to, write their domain name in the address bar, try to access Twitter and Tumblr, P2P websites and sites that offer advice on how to uninstall,workaround or hack K9. If anything is still accessible, block it. Do not leave anything outside. This might take some hours, so make sure you have some spare time. I recommend you do it in a single run.
    5)When everything you want to block is blocked, open a new Word document and write a password you will never remember(not longer than 15 characters). Replace your old K9 password with the new one. Log out the K9 manager. Save the Word document, for now.
    6)Congratulations! You have just blocked porn access from your computer. Of course, K9 doesn't prevent from accessing files you already downloaded on your hard drive, so make sure to delete them as well!
    7) As for the smartphone, I used Funamo Browser and Funamo Accountability, which comes with interesting features such as blocking other browsers and uninstall prevention. A one-device lifetime license costs 19.99$. KEEP IN MIND THAT IT WILL PREVENT YOU FROM FURTHER ACCESS TO THE PLAY STORE AND YOUR SMARTPHONE SETTINGS!If you're fine with that, proceed.
    8)Download Funamo Browser. It will not block anything until you download Funamo Accountability. Use your new gmail account as username and a simple password you remember to register.
    9)Login. Block other Browsers. Enable web filtering.Enable Device Admin(uninstall prevention). Put Tumblr and Twitter on the blacklist. Remember to Start Funamo.
    10) Again, TEST IT. Check if other web browsers are still working, and if all the websites you wanted to block are actually blocked. When everything is working fine and you can't find any workarounds, proceed to the next step.
    11) Remember that Word document? Open it again, and write another complex password you won't remember. Change the Funamo Accountability password to the new one. Save the Word document.
    12) Congratulations, your smartphone now blocks porn! So now all that's left is to secure these changes
    13) Open that Word document and write down a third complex password. Guess what!? Change your gmail old password to the new one: this way, you won't be able to access K9 or Funamo website recovery options.
    14)There will come a time when you will be free from PMO, and you want to regain full access to your devices. That's where Futureme.org comes in handy.
    15)Futureme.org allows you to send letters to yourself in the future. Use an email account you have access to(not the new gmail account!!!) and send yourself a letter containing the 3 passwords(K9, Funamo and Gmail). Send it to a date you wish to.
    16) Once it is done, delete that Word document once and for all.

    This is it. Good luck with your quest!

    EDIT: just noticed I posted this thread twice. To the admin: please delete this and keep "How I blocked off porn from my PC and Android smartphone"
     
    Last edited: Sep 1, 2014

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