Loopholes
Blockers that read the screen, not just URLs, explained
Domain filters react to addresses. Screen-layer detection reads what actually renders and closes the window in real time, catching what DNS can never see.
Arya Stark··6 min
Mindset
Brain fog after a binge: why it happens and when it clears
Foggy, slow, unfocused after a relapse, and the fog itself argues for another one. What post-binge brain fog is, how to clear it, and how to break its logic.
Arya Stark··5 min
Recovery
Breaking the delete-and-reinstall relapse cycle for good
Delete the app in guilt, reinstall it during an urge, repeat. The cycle is install friction's problem, not character's, and install friction can be engineered.
Arya Stark··4 min
For families
Bypass-proofing a kid's phone when native controls fail
Screen Time and router limits get beaten by a clever kid in a weekend. The principles that actually hold: filter below the apps, hold the keys, expect the workaround.
Arya Stark··5 min
Loopholes
Closing the cellular-data and hotspot bypass
Turning off wifi for cellular, or tethering to a friend's hotspot, walks straight around any router filter. Why on-device blocking is the only fix that travels.
Arya Stark··5 min
Guides
Closing the new-user and guest-account bypass
A fresh user, a guest session, a secure folder, or a dual-app space starts clean, with none of your filters. How to close every parallel environment, defense-only.
Arya Stark··5 min
Guides
Closing the safe-mode and boot-level bypass routes
Safe mode, recovery boot, and a live USB OS all skip a normal blocker. The managed-policy and firmware locks that make a blocker survive a restart, defense-only.
Arya Stark··5 min
Loopholes
Closing the virtual machine and remote desktop bypass
A VM or a remote desktop into an unfiltered PC is a clean computer running inside yours. The install locks and network rules that close that whole environment.
Arya Stark··5 min
Loopholes
Disabling AirDrop and peer-to-peer media sharing
AirDrop pushes images phone-to-phone with no website involved, a real schoolyard problem. How to lock it to contacts-only or off, and why no filter sees it.
Arya Stark··4 min
Loopholes
How to disable private browsing on every device, for good
Incognito hides history, not behavior. How to remove private browsing on Mac and iPhone, handle the devices you can't configure, and make it stick.
Arya Stark··5 min
Mindset
Does edging break a reboot? The honest hard-mode answer
Edging keeps the exact loop you're trying to extinguish wide open. Why it counts, why the 'does it count' question is the urge talking, and how to close the door.
Arya Stark··5 min
Guides
Free porn blockers vs paid: what free should actually mean
No trial, no card, no shame reports, no weaker block. The economics of paid blockers, the free-trial relapse trap, and the genuinely free stack that holds.
Arya Stark··6 min