Three years ago, as a struggling teenager, I found this site.
Here's my first and only post: guardyoureyes.com/forum/19-Introduce-Yourself/201476-My-story-%28groan%29#201549

I've been off to Yeshiva Gedola since, and much of my life has moved on.
But not everything...

Need I say more.

To make a long story short, I stopped dorming at the end of winter zman (for unrelated reasons) and am now at home every night, which changes the game. 

After three years of occasionally dabbling in this sort of thing, I've finally decided.
This has to stop, and it has to stop now. 

So I started the GYE program, with a new account (I have at least 2 or 3 others. Keeping track of login credentials for secondary email accounts is complicated).

But now I've just hit a thorny problem on the filter step.

The device in question is practically antique. 
The iPad 1st gen that has been the michshol is technically unfilterable. iOS 5.
For various reasons, I cannot have Safari blocked in restrictions. The device is still used by members of my family.
Our ISP, Bezeqint, does not appear to have an option for ISP/router level content filtering.
(I did install a filter on our router, but I can easily bypass it)
Essentially, I'm left with this semi-filtered device that I can easily penetrate. 
(It should be noted that, given my technical proficiency, It is doubtful whether any sort of filter could keep me out for very long)

What should I do?


 

Welcome back! 
As many have said before, filters are important tools to help us from inadvertently coming across inappropriate content as well as provide a deterrent at a moment of weakness. But our recovery and sobriety cannot and should not be dependent on filters. It needs to come from inside, to be at a point where we are not seeking it and feel content without it. So of course you should do what you can to make it as difficult or as inconvenient as possible to access inappropriate content, but your main focus should be internally. 
Hatzlacha! 

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Hi. I used to block all my Internet and was always looking for ways to get around the filters etc.
Now I officially use Internet and I just leave my filter lower. (I don't just browse around ואכמ"ל)
We need to stop the "well, it's not my fault.. I tried to block it , but I'm too savvy.."
Instead, it's אין הדבר תלוי אלא בי
*I* don't do it.
I suggest that you join the 90 days, and also log your success here on the forum בפני כל עם ועדה .You'll get recognition when you don't succumb, and also you'll have what to do when you're bored or have a תאוה to be חוטא
עלה והצלח!