Create Parental Control : giphy

[Voltairine-de-Cleyre]

Initial commit for giphy "service" for parental control blocking.
Blocking the apps themselves is another thing,
e.g. the app for Android = `com.giphy.messenger`
& while the $app modifier may be used
for Android, Mac & Windows via AdGuard,
it's not possible unless NextDNS accepts
the type of "domains" required.
If not, this list will only help in blocking the website itself. 👍🏼

[romaincointepas]

Thanks. Not sure I understand the part about not being able to block the apps via DNS-level blocking, could you explain?

[Voltairine-de-Cleyre]

Thanks. Not sure I understand the part about not being able to block the apps via DNS-level blocking, could you explain?

Apologies for my long period of missing. What I was trying to convey is that normally, blocking, e.g. giphy.com does not block the app on iOS. I say normally because without knowing NextDNS's "behind-the-scenes" blocking engine's way of functioning, all I know is that I've tried blocking all known Giphy domains & the iOS app still functions. Why this is, I cannot say, since one would assume it would not function just as Facebook does not function when denying access to the domains the web client (when used directly in a browser) needs to function.

Edit: note that when I say not function I mean that literally. Blocking the given domains does stop the app from showing the actual gifs, but it doesn't stop the app from loading. Though I suppose blocking the gifs is essentially the point and if the app will not show any, then it, in this case, can be said to not technically function.

[Voltairine-de-Cleyre]

nextdns/services#6

[Voltairine-de-Cleyre]

nextdns/services#6

[Voltairine-de-Cleyre]

It's been 2 years; I'm closing this. I know others want this feature as well; apparently it's too technically challenging.