StarBlocker / Use cases / Porn

Block porn on Mac, Windows, iPhone* and Android

A porn blocker that reads the screen

Site lists miss new sites, image search, social feeds, private browsing and VPNs. StarBlocker reads the screen every few seconds and judges it against a rule you wrote in plain English.

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Rules you could write

A rule is a sentence. StarBlocker's AI reads what is on your screen every few seconds and judges it against the sentence. There is no list to maintain, and a new site is covered the day it appears.

How StarBlocker handles it

Covers new sites

A rule is a sentence, so a site that did not exist last week is still blocked. Image searches, Reddit, X, Telegram and private windows are judged the same way.

Hard to turn off

There is no off button. Removing StarBlocker takes fifteen minutes. Weakening a rule while it is running means doing your unlock task first. Each block lasts longer than the last: thirty seconds, then a minute, then a warning, then a ten-minute break on every device on the account.

An accountability partner

Your partner gets an email when StarBlocker is disabled or tampered with, when a rule is changed, and when a block happens. You choose who, and what they see.

Every device, one rule

The same rule runs on your Mac, Windows PC, iPhone and Android phone. A break earned on one applies to all of them.

Every device, one account

* On iPhone, StarBlocker judges everything you do in Safari. It cannot see inside other apps: those can be blocked or time-limited, but not judged.

Questions

Does it block porn in private or incognito windows?

Yes on Mac, Windows and Android, because StarBlocker judges the screen rather than the browser's history. On iPhone it judges everything in Safari, including private tabs; other iPhone apps can be blocked outright or time-limited but not judged.

Does a VPN or a different browser get around it?

No. A VPN changes where traffic goes, not what is on your screen, and StarBlocker reads the screen. Any browser or app that draws on the display is judged the same way.

Can I just uninstall it?

An administrator can, and removing it takes fifteen minutes. StarBlocker is a commitment device, not security software: it removes the quick off switch, and your accountability partner is emailed when it is disabled.

Does anyone see my screen?

No. A frame that needs a judgment is sent to the server, judged, and not kept. StarBlocker does not store screenshots on its servers. A partner sees your rules and blocks, never your screen. The privacy policy says exactly what is processed.

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