How to view blocked web sites on your phone or tablet

16 May 2023 | Gizmos, How to, Networking | 10 comments

These days, darn near everything is censored – for your protection, of course!

While you may be able to read whatever web sites you want from home, mobile operators are particularly fond of blocking certain sites.

This is obviously particularly annoying for those of us who like to choose what we read and, ya know, make up our own minds. We’re not ALL brainless zombies.

While you could use a VPN, it’s often a PITA to set them up and use them. The best ones are also paid…

Wouldn’t it be nice if there was an easy, free option to view what you want? Turns out, there is!

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Is Firefox Content Blocking screwed up?

12 March 2019 | Computers | 5 comments

Recently, Mozilla introduced a fabulous new feature to Firefox: Content Blocking!

The idea is that Firefox will automagically block the tracking processes of web sites to increase your privacy.

By default, this tracking should only be enabled in Private Browsing Mode, which makes sense. You don’t want everyone’s web site experiences to be suddenly broken.

One minor detail: It appears that for many people, “broken” is exactly what Content Blocking is…

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