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How can I filter out sites which had been automatically translated? [closed]
often I stumble upon websites which had been automatically translated by some associated or built-in application and badly so. I assume those websites get my language from the browser identification ...
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No link to bypass 'Your connection isn't private'
Sometime trying to get to a site I'm getting a message about not private connection. On the Internet there is information that there should be link to a site if you unfold the message (click on the ...
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Blocking single webpage of a website
I want to block google homepage, but want search result by typing keyword in browser's search bar.
I tried extension and host file approach, but it will make all of google in-accessible.
So I don't ...
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How to block specific websites in a specific browser?
I want to block Youtube in Chrome and Firefox, but not in Chromium, is there a way to do this? The only solution I found is adding this to the hosts file
0.0.0.1 youtube.com
0.0.0.1 www.youtube....
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Why does the hosts file in Windows 10 not block websites while using a free vpn?
I have already read this thread I couldnt comment there to ask for the expired links, and almost all steps in the solution here. The host file works fine without a VPN, but unfortunately am not able ...
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how to block a website forever without reverting?
there are many extensions for this. but the extensions themselves can be undone.
I wonder if it's possible to just ban and not be able to play any games in browser..
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How to block every image on a website?
I would like to be able to block every image on websites that suffer from severe clickbaity images so only text is shown. It would be nice if the solution could be dis/enabled easily in case I would ...
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What is Google Chrome's block/allow pattern syntax?
I'm looking for documentation describing Google Chrome's glob/wildcard/pattern syntax used in block/allow lists for content settings.
If you're using Chrome, these settings pages are accessible via ...
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Modern Browser with a feature to disable SNI
I want to know if there is any modern client browser which allows disabling the SNI (server name indication) extension of the TLS.
I want to know because it seems that my ISP blocks some HTTPS ...
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how to block all sites except few in all Browsers of windows 7?
I have seen in companies that there's employees cannot access all websites except few which are related to company on their computer, but they can't access sites like facebook, Quora,youtube, ...
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How to block HTML elements by text they contain?
I'm looking for a way to hide particular text fragments in a browser—all those news about buzzwords of the day. The idea is to hide HTML elements whose inner text contains certain keywords.
I've ...
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Is it possible to block images from a specific URL using the “hosts” file?
I want to block images in a website which is often unimportant ads uploaded to their server or host.
Using inspect element I noticed the all these images was named with ad-[some number].jpg.
I can’t ...
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How can I block a certain website using hosts file even if I'm connected to a VPN?
In order to block some certain sites, I use the following codes in my hosts file:
# localhost name resolution is handled within DNS itself.
# 127.0.0.1 localhost
# ::1 localhost
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Blocking specific part of a website OS-wide?
I have read through tons questions asking the same thing, but all of those questions and solutions involve either a proxy, a 3rd-party program, or a browser extension. This is not a duplicate of any ...
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how to block connection to a domain in firefox
i need to utterly block a domain from even being connected to. obviously, addons wont work, since those only check the URL of the site the browser is navigating to, not domains the browser is ...
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How to block access to certain websites without additional programs?
Say I want to block "xxx-xxxx-xxx-xxxx" and that alone from being accessible from any web browser on the system.
Is there any way to do that plainly and simply without having a need for bulk ...
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Blocking specific websites from browser (PC and phone) while preventing myself from unblocking them without content of others
I am trying to find a PC software (and app for phone) to block specific websites, and only the person with certain privilege (e.g. who knows the password) can unblock certain websites.
(I haven't yet ...
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How to Block Doodle in Chrome's 'New Tab' page?
My goal is to block the annoying Google "doodles" (i.e. animated soccer-related promos, etc.) that appear in Chrome when a New tab is opened.
Here's what's been tried so far:
Use AdBlock Plus to ...
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Disable ALL cookie warnings and hints
What might be an effective way to universally block or auto-accept common cookie warning banners before the web browser shows them to the user?
Eg. does a userscript (Greasefire/Tampermonkey) exist ...
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Certain banking pages not loading
For some unknown reason, I am suddenly unable to access my accounts at several banking and credit sites. I have been a registered user at each site for several years and know I am using the correct ...
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Block specific URL on web browsers
I want to block certain URLs on browsers. I don't want to block whole site. For example, I want to block Google Reader, but not whole Google domain. Is there any way I can do it?
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How can I block popunders?
I am wondering if there are any browser addons which allow me to block annoying popunders?
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How to get around geographic restrictions viewing online content?
Sometimes I want to watch soccer video content on British websites, but they're blocked due to geographic restrictions (I live in the US). Is there a tool or something that I can use to get around ...
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Blocking hover ads
Okay, I am done with hover ads. I am so done with it, I am starting to avoid website which implement them even though I (used to) like those websites.
Obviously, it is considerably harder to block ...
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Blocking only Flash and animated GIF images
What options are there for blocking Flash and animated GIF ads while keeping static image and text-only ads?
I'm interested in solutions for Firefox on Windows/Linux and Safari on OS X.
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How do I block certain websites from being accessed through a browser?
A friend of mine (who is not a geek) asks me how to stop her little brother from playing web games on her computer. She is currently using Chrome and IE, and I have never done that before, even on FF.
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