How GuardianBlock works
GuardianBlock works by asking you to choose a trusted person to hold the key. Your keyholder has ongoing approval authority for sensitive changes through their own authenticated account. There is no reusable unlock password to hand over, share, or enter on the protected PC.
Decide while you're thinking clearly. Let it hold later.
GuardianBlock is something two adults set up together — the person protecting themselves and the keyholder they choose. Once it's in place, it mostly just runs.
Install the GuardianBlock app on Windows
Download the signed installer and run the guided setup — a normal Windows install with the usual UAC prompt. No terminal, no PowerShell, no registry editing.
Choose an accountability partner — your keyholder
Invite someone you trust to hold the key: a spouse, parent, sibling, friend, or counsellor. They accept in their own authenticated account and use MFA for approvals, so both of you opt in. The key is approval authority, not a reusable unlock password.
Set what's off-limits
Gambling and its funding routes are the flagship block. You can also add your own no-go domains — the sites you have personally decided are off-limits.
Your partner authorizes sensitive changes
Day to day, GuardianBlock just runs. Sensitive changes — like removing a block — become a request your keyholder sees and decides on, instead of a quiet one-click toggle.
Three parts working together, reporting health.
GuardianBlock is a local app on Windows 11, not a network filter. Each part is designed to report whether protection is in place, and each browser integration is tested and documented browser by browser.
A local Windows service
Runs quietly in the background and keeps your policy applied. It reports whether protection is healthy — in place, offline, or needing attention — so a problem doesn't pass unnoticed.
A tray status indicator
A small tray app shows protection status at a glance. It is a status light, not a switch: it has no disable, uninstall, or bypass controls.
Browser integrations
Integrations for Chrome, Edge, and Firefox apply your policy in the browser and report health. Coverage is described browser by browser, tested and documented for each — never assumed everywhere.
It leaves your network configuration alone.
GuardianBlock does not alter DNS, hosts, VPN, firewall, proxy, routes, adapters, SMB mappings, mapped drives, WSL mounts, or work-network configuration. The no-DNS/VPN/firewall trust page explains this boundary. It protects the person who installs it — it is not a network filter, and it is not built to police a household or an employer's network.
When you want something allowed, your partner decides.
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You request an exception
Hit a site you think should be allowed? Send an emergency-allow request from the app, with the specific site and your reason.
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Your partner is notified
Your keyholder receives the request — the site and the reason you gave — not a feed of your browsing history.
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It's approved only if the policy allows it
An exception can be approved only when the active policy classifies that site as eligible. Your partner's yes is required, and it stays bounded by the policy you both set up.
Gambling sites and funding routes in the strictest category cannot be opened through a temporary exception, even with your partner's approval.
Durable friction and accountability — not magic.
GuardianBlock is something you set up while thinking clearly so a calmer decision still gets a say in a harder moment. It adds real friction and brings a person you trust into the loop.
Turning protection off is a deliberate, accountable act rather than a quiet one: the request goes to your keyholder, waits out a cooling-off period, and needs a signed single-use authorization before anything is removed. The strength here is the keyholder relationship you chose.
Set it up in a calmer moment.
GuardianBlock for Windows will be available soon. Start GuardianBlock to see the current launch status and learn about accountability-partner setup.
See exactly what your accountability partner can and can't see in the privacy summary, or browse the FAQ for the common questions.