As title suggests, my 75 y/o mom cannot comprehend safe internet browsing and clicks ads on Facebook, URLs in spam emails, any text message, etc. She’s been scammed numerous times (money recovered though) and her computer is a treasure trove of malware and tracking cookies. Rational thinking and conversations are not options here, this is prime Boomer and feedback is criticism no matter how it’s presented. Need suggestions to implement on network level to block computer and iPhone traffic to dangerous sites.
Is there a DNS service I can use to route her home’s internet through to block the dangerous clicks? OpenDNS used to offer a blacklist feature and not sure who has something similar now. Happy to pay for service.
Note: I speak tech, know enough about DNS to be dangerous, and can follow guides, but don’t know about services in the space. Also this is an ATT uverse and their proprietary gateway network. Willing to layer a non-ATT device over network if needed, but changing internet providers isn’t an option.
Update: thank you everyone for the suggestions and silver award, my first! Going to start with NextDNS, increasing chrome security settings, and installing ublock origin. Hoping NextDNS will stop some of the crap on her iPhone. Looking at Pi now too, but that’s a later project. For those in similar situations, thank you for sharing and hope this thread helps you too!
