We are very pleased that our April Fool’s appeal for donations over Easter was successful. This means that 103% of the operating costs in the first quarter have been covered. We have already credited the 3% over the donation target for Q2, so we do not need to start completely from scratch. Nevertheless, there is …
Version 2.6 released After about four months of development, we released the update to eBlockerOS 2.6 in the night of 03/19/2021. Users who already use eBlockerOS 2.5.x and are using automatic updates have already received the update. The update can also be installed manually via Settings> License&Update> Update> Manual update. Users who still use an …
After we have started the eBlocker Open Source project very successfully at the beginning of 2020 and just celebrated our first re-birthday, we were very confident to be able to cover the operating costs for Q4 through donations as well. Despite the continued solid growth of more than 1,000 eBlockerOS downloads per month, the donation income however fell short of the goal.
Exactly one year ago we took over the “intellectual property” from the former eBlocker GmbH and started with the eBlocker Open Source Project. Today we are very proud of what we have achieved and especially of one thing: Our great community After all, eBlocker is a community project, used by tens of thousands, supported by …
Besides our privacy policy on the website, we are often asked how and if eBlocker itself processes user data. In short: No, we do not process any data at all if possible and eBlocker runs completely autonomously (without cloud services). We have summarized all details about the data processing by eBlocker devices here. As a …
The new eBlockerOS version 2.5 is now available for all devices. eBlockerOS 2.5 is now completely based on Open Source and was developed together with the community. In particular, the entire operating system has been updated to the latest version, many bugs have been eliminated and the initial installation has been simplified once again. We …
eBlockerOS 2.5 for Raspberry Pi and “White Cubes” Weiterlesen
We are thrilled about the great support and the numerous donations after our last newsletter. The wave of donations has simply overwhelmed us. Thank so much, dear supporters! We were especially motivated by the many good words of our donors, which confirm how important our work is. We are convinced that, thanks to the continuous …
What about the Internet browsing myths of deleting cookies , incognito mode, Tor and VPN and what rights does every user have with the new ePrivacy and GDPR? We discussed these questions in front of an international audience at the 12th re:publica in Berlin. Focusing on the planned eprivacy regulation which is currently worrying the …
Upgrade only for hobbyists with original eBlocker These instructions are intended exclusively for eBlocker users who own a device in the “white cube” design of the former eBlocker GmbH. The upgrade aims to bring eBlockerOS 2.4.x to the open source version eBlockerOS 2.5.x. This ensures future development by the community and the security of the …
eBlockerOS 2.3 The Parental Control features of the eBlocker have been improved and extended last year. The only thing that was missing was the user friendly overview and simple operation for the individual settings. In the next weeks we will be able to provide you with the following highlights for eBlockerOS version: For each child …
