Hi,
I’m not a super-user, so getting the firewall rules working was a learning curve. They are, however, now working, and I can schedule them as I need. Basically, I want to block access to social media when we should all be sleeping. And I’ll probably restrict myself even further.
However: with a load of Meta IP addresses in the address list, WhatsApp becomes slow. It connects eventually, but that’s not ideal. I want WhatsApp to be allowed always.
But my understanding is that Meta uses a bunch of IP addresses and all their different services use them. So is there a way of blocking Facebook but not WhatsApp?
(I was steered away from Layer7 blocking to avoid CPU loading.)
I’m using AdList in combination with a social media list I gathered. During a specific time (I enable/disable the list with scheduler) these (social media) names are resolved to 0.0.0.0. This way you can target names instead of IP addresses. Disadvantage is the TTL and caching you have to take into account. Besides having clients set their DNS statically…
WiFi. Can’t turn the wifi off, for multiple reasons. Too many things in the house rely upon it, automation etc. And my other half uses it for work at odd times, so that wouldn’t play well. On top of that, phones would then fall back to mobile phone coverage, which works well enough.
No, in this instance, it’s primarily a self discipline issue for myself. And while there are multiple ways I could defeat it, of course, there is for some reason enough friction to help me avoid things like Facebook.
Delete Facebook and fix the problem.
If it’s addictive, it will surely ruin your life in one way or another.
If you don’t have enough willpower, deactivating Facebook on this way (if possible),
is like putting the bottle on the high shelf at a certain time for an alcoholic.
Hypothetically in the alcoholic’s mind the effort to reach the bottle should make him give up, but the very existence of the bottle for the addict is a reason for craving.
How long do you think you can survive without Facebook, when you just need to turn off wifi on your smartphone and use mobile data directly?