ok for those of you who are in school but wanna access blocked websites, this is for you! i've tried all of these methods, they work pretty well
for microsoft/windows/edge/teams users
method 1: highlight something. anything. (this means hold down your mouse and drag it over words to make them highlighted in blue.) a little menu should pop up once you do so and let go. press the magnifying glass or the "search with bing" option. this should create a little sidebar for you. you can access anything on here, and i mean ANYTHING once you're off school wifi. certain things may be blocked by the wifi but most will be accessible.
method 2: (this method only works for a few things! i have only ever used it to get minecraft education edition and netflix on here!) go to the microsoft store. search for what you want. if your school didn't cover their bases, whatever you searched for should be unblocked. install it, pin it to start, and you're all set.
for google/chrome/classroom users
method 1: go to google.com. right click anywhere just on this page, the main google page. there should be an option to open in sidebar. click it. boom. it's essentially the same as the bing sidebar i mentioned above with the added ability of being extendable to almost cover the whole screen. (this also works on microsoft computers! i am using it to make this post right now!)
method 2: search up what you want to access, for example just search netflix. see that first result that shows you the "netflix.com" url in tiny print above the page title? highlight that as best you can and copy it. now go to google translate. paste this into the "detect language" slot. copy it from the output section to the right. paste this new, google-translated url into your search bar in a new tab. it should work. (note: when i went to a school that used google, they used software called aristotle to block things. i am not sure how this would play out with goguardian. the others work with goguardian enabled.)
those are my tips and tricks! please reblog or reply with more and specify if it works for windows or chrome. thanks for reading y'all!!
