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Re: What is this "Freedom" app (to block distractions) - Is it just vpn/proxy?

From Jack Ryan <noreply@remailer.cpunk.us>
Subject Re: What is this "Freedom" app (to block distractions) - Is it just vpn/proxy?
References <mpvnit$gmb$1@speranza.aioe.org>
Message-ID <8db133dd7bc88bd75282febb4edef242@remailer.cpunk.us> (permalink)
Date 2015-08-06 15:23 -0400
Newsgroups comp.mobile.android, misc.phone.mobile.iphone
Organization dizum.com - The Internet Problem Provider

Cross-posted to 2 groups.

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> I was asked the following question from a non-technical friend:
> > Do you know about this?
> > https://freedom.to/hello
> ...
> Then it asked me what I wanted to block (which was apparently just a 
> teaser to get us going):
> - facebook
> - twitter
> - gmail
> - youtube
> - instagram
> - reddit
> - everything

Ironically, I could not even visit https://freedom.to/hello because
the WebCott plugin blocked it due to creating a facebook connection.

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What is this "Freedom" app (to block distractions) - Is it just vpn/proxy? RayP <rpalix99@hotmail.com> - 2015-08-06 13:31 +0000
  Re: What is this "Freedom" app (to block distractions) - Is it just vpn/proxy? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-08-06 15:08 +0000
  Re: What is this "Freedom" app (to block distractions) - Is it just   vpn/proxy? Jack Ryan <noreply@remailer.cpunk.us> - 2015-08-06 15:23 -0400
    Re: What is this "Freedom" app (to block distractions) - Is it just vpn/proxy? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-08-06 20:09 -0400
      Re: What is this "Freedom" app (to block distractions) - Is it just   vpn/proxy? Anonymous <nobody@remailer.paranoici.org> - 2015-08-07 09:11 +0000
        Re: What is this "Freedom" app (to block distractions) - Is it just vpn/proxy? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-08-07 11:46 -0400
  Re: What is this "Freedom" app (to block distractions) - Is it just vpn/proxy? chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2015-08-07 09:23 +0100
    Re: What is this "Freedom" app (to block distractions) - Is it just vpn/proxy? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-08-07 11:46 -0400
    Re: What is this "Freedom" app (to block distractions) - Is it just  vpn/proxy? Mitch Kaufmann <mitch284@outlook.com> - 2015-08-07 11:53 -0400
      Re: What is this "Freedom" app (to block distractions) - Is it just  vpn/proxy? chris <ithinkiam@gmail.com> - 2015-08-07 17:51 +0100

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