Web extensions version? about procon HOT 16 OPEN

i will not be able to update it on time.

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At the moment there is no API to protect the add-on from being disabled/removed. Password-protection should be a must in a content filter; therefore, releasing a half-baked version of ProCon without it would not be as convenient.

If there is enough interest in the community, I might take some time to fully port it to a Web Extension. However, such version will definitely lack password-protection.

@hpaolini: This is a radical suggestion, but perhaps the installation/removal worries can be delegated to pluckeye?

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I don't feel that parental filters as web extensions are useful at all. When I first built ProCon for Firefox (and tinyFilter for Chrome) the platforms and browsers were limited, so it kind of made sense to use extensions instead of, say, a filtered DNS. Now, said extensions are not enough; they can easily be disabled (due to the nature of web extensions) and can be bypassed in many ways (by installing other browsers/apps).

As I always said, if you guys have any ideas (outside of the browser realm) please get in touch with me. I really care about making a product that tackles this issue but, unfortunately, web extensions are now a poor choice.

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up?

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:(
But you will ? :)

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At the moment there is no API to protect the add-on from being disabled/removed. Password-protection should be a must in a content filter; therefore, releasing a half-baked version of ProCon without it would not be as convenient.

If there is enough interest in the community, I might take some time to fully port it to a Web Extension. However, such version will definitely lack password-protection.

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+1 !
thanks for your anwers :)

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Thank you so much for all your work put on this project. I agree with you, it makes no sense to have an add-on to block websites without also having a password to prevent us from changing its settings. I hope the situation will change.
Does anyone know if there is any other browser that allows this function?

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I understand that moving to "web-extensions" would be a headache but it would really become the only extension that provides this functionality in firefox (as far as I know).
I would personally appreciate if you dedicate a time to make it work.
Thank you very much!

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If you would please do what you can to make this work with quantum. I understand you are having problems with the passwords but something functioning would be great! I use this to block my son from sites and preventing him from using keywords he uses to look up things I don't want him to see.

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Maybe the Policy Engine could be used to prevent disabling this extension?

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@hpaolini - please do develop a WebExtension version! ProCon is a real help to me. I use CCK2 (https://mike.kaply.com/cck2/) to prevent myself from disabling ProCon on the desktop. Anyway, whether or not you update ProCon, thanks for writing it in the first place.

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Hello @hpaolini ,

I hope you are fine :)

I just up this to know if you are still thinking to update it?
My childs are growing and begin to search things in internet...and there is not a real alternative to procon latte in FF...

Thanks in advance :)

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Hello @hpaolini ,

I hope you are fine :)

I just up this to know if you are still thinking to update it?
My childs are growing and begin to search things in internet...and there is not a real alternative to procon latte in FF...

Thanks in advance :)

up?

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any ideas (outside of the browser realm) please get in touch

Countless offerings. A dizzying array.

Relatively recent: Five Best Content Filtering Tools – I have no experience with those.

More than a decade ago I experimented with Untangle. An impressive product, the open source aspect felt great (giving, not just taking) but ultimately there was no need to deploy it.

Untangle NG Firewall Reviews & Ratings 2019 | TrustRadius – I don't know about TrustRadius but re: the uppermost review I do recall that it was reasonably easy to get started. At the time I was booting a tower computer from a live CD; nowadays I guess that it could be a mini PC (set aside somewhere at home) booted from a USB flash drive.

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