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Re:Introduction to WebKit Content Blockers by comex on Saturday June 13, 2015 @08:14PM (#9713281)
In fact, yet another of iOS 9's features is a custom VPN protocol API, so you could probably do this purely client side as a "VPN" that just connects directly but blocks certain hosts.

Disclaimer: There may be reasons this wouldn't work, technical or approval-wise, that I'm not aware of.

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Re:Introduction to WebKit Content Blockers by conradev on Saturday June 13, 2015 @09:59PM (#9713550) 

    Each of the network extension points requires special permission from Apple.
Whatever that means.

https://developer.apple.com/library/prerelease/ios/releaseno...

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