WebControl

SUMMARY

Control student web browsing while on campus:
- When students attempt to access a website, the extension will check the website URL against lists of "allowed" and "blocked" keywords.
- Lists of "allowed" and "blocked" keywords are hosted at:
- http://web-control/webcontrol.txt
- Entries listed under "match-and-allow" list will ignore the "block" list.
- Entries listed under "match-and-block" list will redirect or close the tab if query URL contains a match.
- If the URL contains blocked keyword, it will attempt to redirect student to "redirect URL": http://web-control/index.html
- If the "redirect URL" is unreachable, it will close the tab instead.

Example:
# Comment lines start with "#" character
# The following lists will redirect any tab with a URL containing ".game" or "movies",
# but will allow "allowed.movies.game" website.

match-and-allow
allowed.movies.game

match-and-block
.game
movies

The latest version of WebControl is available on the Chrome web and is currently being used by 1,000 active users. The initial version was launched on 2023-12-12.

HOW TO INSTALL WebControl FROM A CRX FILE

1. Download WebControl CRX file
2. NOTE: Sometimes the browser may block downloading / installing CRX file from outside the Chrome Web Store. If so, you may need to download the ZIP file instead
3. In the URL bar, go to chrome://extensions
4. Enable Developer mode

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