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@khaleel-git khaleel-git released this 12 Oct 22:25
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mac-v1.1.1
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Important

macOS may say "Blockerflow is damaged and can't be opened"

The app is not damaged. Blockerflow for Mac is distributed without an Apple Developer licence, so it is not signed or notarized by Apple, and macOS blocks apps it cannot verify.

After you drag Blockerflow into Applications, open Terminal and run this one command:

xattr -cr /Applications/Blockerflow.app

Then open Blockerflow again. You only need to do this once per install. You can also try right click, then Open, then Open again.

Support: help me get an Apple Developer ID (€99 a year) to sign Blockerflow for macOS and iOS, so it opens without warnings. Donate via PayPal

What's new in 1.1.1

  • Instagram Messages work again. Opening messages or searching showed "Something went wrong". Blockerflow was decrypting Instagram and Facebook traffic even with every switch off, and Instagram throttled it. Instagram, Facebook, YouTube and Snapchat are no longer decrypted at all.
  • Reels, Shorts and Spotlight are now blocked from the browser's address bar: Instagram Reels and Explore, Facebook Reels, YouTube Shorts and Snapchat Spotlight, each by its own switch. Works in Chrome, Brave, Edge, Vivaldi, Opera, Arc and Safari; macOS asks once per browser to let Blockerflow control it (Automation). Not covered: Firefox, and Instagram's search side panel (it does not change the address).
  • Block adult images uses far less CPU. The model now runs on the Mac's graphics chip / Neural Engine, a screen that has not changed is not checked again, and it looks every 2 seconds (was 1.5).
  • The Block adult images switch now stays on while Screen Recording is not allowed yet, says so, and has a link to the right Settings page.

After updating: macOS ties Screen Recording to this exact build, so Block adult images will wait for permission again. In System Settings › Privacy & Security › Screen & System Audio Recording, select Blockerflow, remove it with −, add it again with +, then quit and reopen Blockerflow.

Not tested yet: Safari and Arc with the new address-bar blocking, Snapchat Spotlight in a real browser, Intel Macs.

Licence

The image check uses NudeNet 320n (https://github.com/notAI-tech/NudeNet), trained with Ultralytics YOLOv8, both AGPL-3.0, and ONNX Runtime (MIT). The AGPL-3.0 text: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl-3.0.html.

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