…any tricks to block youtube ads on a work computer that absolutely can’t have anything installed on it?
Youtube and music.youtube are a good source of music at work, so far the best I got it to to skip forward then back until ads stop. Works, but requires active input.
Sorry, no idea how to fix that, short of spending money. But if you ever end up considering doing that, I’d like to suggest buying music rather than paying for a subscription like YouTube premium or Spotify etc.
VM… maybe? I’m not familiar with this at all - if there’s any potential for data compromise, it’ll be a no-go. The comps we’re using need to be HIPAA compliant, and I’m guessing this is not, but if there’s potential here, it’s worth exploring.
I’ll do some homework on how these work, and if it looks good to my monkey brain, I’ll bounce it off IT (who works very closely with legal - they DO NOT fuck around with HIPAA). If I get the official green light from them, this might be the winner.
I don’t know anything about HIPAA so don’t take anything I say as advice.
But I very much doubt your IT department would be ok with you running a VM, and if they were, it would be far better to use real VM Software, rather than using your browser. Using your browser would be more of a “they’re not going to find out” thing.
Which brings us back to my more serious suggestion of bringing your own device. I’m fairly certain your IT department would be more ok with you bringing an audio player (that you’re not connecting to the internal network) than using the “you can run anything a browser” loophole.
But if, as you mentioned, shit gets stolen that isn’t really an option either. Maybe use Headphones / Earphones with your phone and keep them on your person at all times?
Yeah they don’t give a damn if we bring our own devices, so long as we don’t plug it into the computers. I’d guess you’re right about IT’s response to the VM, but I’d kind of intrigued at the same time, so I might dig a bit and ask them anyway. Worse case, they say no - no biggie.
This is definitely not a fly under the radar kind of situation though - getting caught in a HIPAA violation is a guaranteed loss of job and license, probably a gigantic fine, and… possibly prison time? High stakes for an ad blocker lol. Anything techy outside of our normal work responsibilities (like a VM) would need to start with getting approval in writing.
…more realistically, I think my best option is going to be a small bluetooth speaker and one of those thin cable locks to secure it to my work station. I don’t want any wearables since I’d need to take those into patient rooms, which would look unprofessional at best; and become biohazardous at worst. I can have some soft tunes on while I chart, but otherwise forget it’s there when I’m doing more hands-on care.
Can you sneak in a raspberry pi? Maybe install pihole, eblocker, adguard home, or technitium on it and point your PC DNS settings to it? Requires hooking up another device on the work network, idk how locked down you’re network is, but it’d be sweet if you could do that.
I run everything at work. I’ve got 3 raspberry pi’s I run for redundancy and block ads for everyone at work. Occasionally, one of our teams complain because they’re searching a product on Google and clicking the top link that’s an ad, so I just whitelist their PCs from blocking. It’s annoying they’re so set in their ways, like find another link that doesn’t say sponsored, but oh well. Best of luck.
…any tricks to block youtube ads on a work computer that absolutely can’t have anything installed on it?
Youtube and music.youtube are a good source of music at work, so far the best I got it to to skip forward then back until ads stop. Works, but requires active input.
Sorry, no idea how to fix that, short of spending money. But if you ever end up considering doing that, I’d like to suggest buying music rather than paying for a subscription like YouTube premium or Spotify etc.
It’s easiest to bring your own player or RaspberryPi and listen locally.
But if you absolutely insist on streaming to your work PC you can always run a VM in your browser: https://dev.to/dchif/run-a-virtual-machine-in-your-browser-2kjk
A RaspberryPi is your solution and not some modern iPod alternative? Really?
In a work environment that won’t allow installation of browser extensions you think a device as connected as a RaspberryPi won’t raise eyebrows.
I swear the shit people say on here makes me believe half of you have never had a real job.
Can’t connect any private devices.
VM… maybe? I’m not familiar with this at all - if there’s any potential for data compromise, it’ll be a no-go. The comps we’re using need to be HIPAA compliant, and I’m guessing this is not, but if there’s potential here, it’s worth exploring.
I’ll do some homework on how these work, and if it looks good to my monkey brain, I’ll bounce it off IT (who works very closely with legal - they DO NOT fuck around with HIPAA). If I get the official green light from them, this might be the winner.
I don’t know anything about HIPAA so don’t take anything I say as advice. But I very much doubt your IT department would be ok with you running a VM, and if they were, it would be far better to use real VM Software, rather than using your browser. Using your browser would be more of a “they’re not going to find out” thing.
Which brings us back to my more serious suggestion of bringing your own device. I’m fairly certain your IT department would be more ok with you bringing an audio player (that you’re not connecting to the internal network) than using the “you can run anything a browser” loophole.
But if, as you mentioned, shit gets stolen that isn’t really an option either. Maybe use Headphones / Earphones with your phone and keep them on your person at all times?
Yeah they don’t give a damn if we bring our own devices, so long as we don’t plug it into the computers. I’d guess you’re right about IT’s response to the VM, but I’d kind of intrigued at the same time, so I might dig a bit and ask them anyway. Worse case, they say no - no biggie.
This is definitely not a fly under the radar kind of situation though - getting caught in a HIPAA violation is a guaranteed loss of job and license, probably a gigantic fine, and… possibly prison time? High stakes for an ad blocker lol. Anything techy outside of our normal work responsibilities (like a VM) would need to start with getting approval in writing.
…more realistically, I think my best option is going to be a small bluetooth speaker and one of those thin cable locks to secure it to my work station. I don’t want any wearables since I’d need to take those into patient rooms, which would look unprofessional at best; and become biohazardous at worst. I can have some soft tunes on while I chart, but otherwise forget it’s there when I’m doing more hands-on care.
Download the music at home with yt-dlp, put it on USB and bring the USB to work.
Can you sneak in a raspberry pi? Maybe install pihole, eblocker, adguard home, or technitium on it and point your PC DNS settings to it? Requires hooking up another device on the work network, idk how locked down you’re network is, but it’d be sweet if you could do that.
I run everything at work. I’ve got 3 raspberry pi’s I run for redundancy and block ads for everyone at work. Occasionally, one of our teams complain because they’re searching a product on Google and clicking the top link that’s an ad, so I just whitelist their PCs from blocking. It’s annoying they’re so set in their ways, like find another link that doesn’t say sponsored, but oh well. Best of luck.