Blocksi Web Filter

Name: Blocksi Web Filter
Rating: 3.539094650205761 (486 reviews)
Author: https://blocksi.net

Blocksi is the #1 rated extension for Web & Youtube Filtering, Time Management and trend analysis for Chrome and Chromebooks.

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Blocksi Web Filter is the leading Chrome extension for comprehensive web and YouTube filtering, ideal for schools, homes, and enterprises. Since 2011, it has provided reliable internet access control, blocking inappropriate content across 79 web categories and 20 YouTube categories using keyword and channel filtering. It supports Safe Search enforcement and application control filters for popular apps like Google Docs and Netflix.

For parents, Blocksi Manager Home (BMH) offers remote control via a cloud dashboard, enabling you to manage settings, check web history, and monitor devices from any location or device. Schools can leverage Blocksi Manager Education Everywhere (BMEE) to centrally enforce policies on a fleet of Chromebooks both on and off campus. The extension is trusted by educational institutions and government agencies for its ease of use, robust filtering, and analytics capabilities.

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Version:

1.0.168 Last updated: 2020-07-19

Creation date:

2019-05-14

Risk:

Permissions:

tabs
http://*/*
https://*/*
webRequest
webRequestBlocking
<all_urls>
webNavigation
storage
identity
identity.email

Size:

571.39K

Email:

su*****@block.si

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Chrome Web Store

Updated:

a day ago

Ranking

# 3,518 ▲ 2

Other rankings

#9939 in Workflow & Planning ▼ 6

#19 in parental control keyword 10

#33 in support keyword 18 ▲ 1

#42 in education keyword 11

#53 in web analytics keyword 49 ▼ 3

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User reviews

Blocksi Web Filter is praised for effectively blocking adult and malicious content and aiding teachers in monitoring students during school hours. However, many users, primarily students, complain about overblocking legitimate educational sites, causing frustration. Privacy concerns are significant, with monitoring extending beyond school networks and affecting personal accounts and devices. The extension often causes technical issues, particularly with YouTube embedded videos. Students find the extension invasive and difficult to disable, leading to calls for improved policies and technical fixes.

Pros

Effective content blocking at home for adult and malicious content.
Helpful for teachers and school administrators to monitor and control student internet activity.
Useful in keeping students on task and preventing inappropriate web access during school hours.
Blocks harmful websites and warns about bandwidth-heavy sites.

Cons

Blocks many legitimate and educational sites unnecessarily, causing frustration among students.
Invasion of privacy concerns as it monitors students beyond school hours and on personal accounts/devices.
Causes frequent errors with YouTube and embedded videos, with 'too many redirects' issues.
Monitoring extends even during out-of-school hours and on devices not owned by and accounts not managed by the school.
Difficult to disable or bypass; temporary disabling methods are limited in duration.

Recent reviews

i.. HATE this extension. i know that "visiting or watching certain things isn't okay!!!", true, true.. BUT, it blocks random things that are completely fine! if you are a teacher, school administrator, ect, DON'T download this, its terrible. coming from a student who uses this (forced to use this) in their school by the way for like 6 years... though, there are some things you can do to shortly disable it. for windows, do ctrl + shift + esc. for chromeos (the thing with the search button i think) do search + esc. then just disable blocksi in that menu by finding the extension then right clicking and clicking the button that gets rid of it. this only disables it for 5 seconds so be quick

macaroniandburritos, 2024-12-13

What kind of STUPID idiot designed this? Does not block everything is supposed to.

Barfalamule cringle, 2024-10-30

i hate it at school, but love it at home because i can block adult and malicious content and warn myself that a website consumes alot of bandwith. it blocks the stupidest things at school though, i hate it at school. thats why im not giving it 5 stars.

Kaiden Courtney, 2024-09-25

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Blocksi Web Filter requires a lot of sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

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Risk likelihood

Blocksi Web Filter is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this extension.

Risk likelihood analysis details

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