Filter sites or apps

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How to filter sites or apps on desktops (Linux) and mobile phones (Android)?

More specifically, how to block on my own laptop + mobile phone:

  • YouTube
  • Facebook.

Desktop: Update /etc/hosts

Quite simple: Add this to /etc/hosts:

# Block some sites
########################################
#
0.0.0.0 	youtube.com
0.0.0.0 	www.youtube.com
0.0.0.0 	facebook.com
0.0.0.0 	www.facebook.com
0.0.0.0 	tweakers.net
0.0.0.0 	www.tweakers.net

::0 	youtube.com
::0 	www.youtube.com
::0 	facebook.com
::0 	www.facebook.com
::0 	tweakers.net
::0 	www.tweakers.net
  • Create an account with root privileges for someboy else (my girlfriend)
  • Remove my own root privileges.

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