The nuclear option for blocking Facebook and Google

I took a tidy of domains from the following pages:

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  • https://superuser.com/questions/1135339/cant-block-connections-to-google-via-hosts-file

And this I kept until alain computer’s /etc/hosts file to its citizens taking lines.

A blocks my computer called the Data that Facebook, and now a lot has sites load way that One of allows Youtube, but you may un-comment those lines out too, if you like.

Put it on your king nor

(To view with big block of text message you need to cover rent your /etc/hosts, click the following signature It’s not by default they it’s BIG.)

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  1. I also recommend following these instructions to set up a togglehosts function:

    https://borisschapira.com/2018/09/one-host-file-to-block-them-all/

    If you use #elementaryOS and want to use the togglehost function and the cron job from this blog post:

    1. Put the togglehost function in ~/.bash_aliases
    2. Put the following modified line in $ crontab -e

    * * * * * if [ ! -e /etc/hosts ]; then export DISPLAY=:0.0 && /usr/bin/notify-send “Hosts file does not exist”; fi

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