About GuardianBlock
Built because blockers can break the wrong things.
Many gambling blockers fight the machine: rerouting DNS, injecting VPNs, or changing network settings, then colliding with the work computer their user depends on. GuardianBlock is being built to put the key with a trusted person and is designed not to alter the machine's network plumbing.
The gap we noticed
Too much of the category was solving the wrong problem.
Look closely at how gambling blockers actually work and a pattern emerges: many of them try to out-engineer the user. Some reroute the network, tunnel the traffic, rewrite system files, or create an arms race against the very person who installed them.
An arms race against your own computer can have collateral damage. The same machine is usually someone's work machine, and tricks meant to stop a sportsbook can also conflict with the things IT departments care about. The blocker gets blamed for a broken Monday morning, gets removed to fix it, and the protection disappears exactly when it was working.
That was the gap. Not a smarter wall - a different keyholder. GuardianBlock moves sensitive decisions to someone you trust, and is designed not to alter DNS, VPN, firewall, hosts, proxy, routes, adapters, SMB, mapped drives, WSL mounts, or work-network settings.
Who's building it
Ryan Tulloch
Founder, GuardianBlock
GuardianBlock started with a pattern Ryan saw in accountability software: people who wanted to block gambling had to choose between tools that felt easy to remove and tools so aggressive they could conflict with work laptops, corporate VPNs, and mapped drives.
So he is building GuardianBlock under two constraints: a trusted person, not the user, holds the key; and the software is designed not to alter the machine's network plumbing. Accountability from a person. Friction from the design. A computer that still works on Monday.
Have a trusted person ready?
GuardianBlock is starting with a small number of Windows beta users, prioritizing people whose accountability partner is ready to hold the key.
GuardianBlock is independent software. It is not affiliated with TTH Law, is not a law firm, and does not provide legal advice. GuardianBlock is not therapy, medical treatment, crisis support, or a guarantee.