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how about users be allowed to block facebook?

Allow us to block Facebook

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plemans
Guru

what device are you wanting to do this with? A lot of netgear routers (and other routers for the matter) support website blocking.

https://kb.netgear.com/24053/How-do-I-block-Internet-sites-on-my-NETGEAR-router-using-the-router-web...

 

schumaku
Guru

@plemans the "feature" referred does not work with https connections on many if not all Netgear Nighthawk consumer routers - only on plain text http. And it won't help when it comes to blocking e.g. FB access by the mobile Apps - this feature requires either a complete revision, or it should be removed as it's misleading at least.

plemans
Guru

@schumaku Thanks, pulled space cadet and forgot about that. 

How about using opendns for domain blocking and pointing the router at it? 

schumaku
Guru

Netgear Armor - Powerd by Bitdefender should be the answer for typical home users.

plemans
Guru

Not all devices have the option of netgear Armor. but for those that do, it'd work great.