Brother is coming over tomorrow and wants me to do some 'research'

[woodsprite]

to check on his ex and his daughter's social media accounts. I'm ok with checking out their FB, Instagram, Twitter, or other normal sites, etc. but he also mentioned something called 'FansOnly". I've never heard of it, but according to my daughter, it's an influencer and sometimes porn site. I don't want to hurt my computer doing some kind of creeping for my brother. Apparently there is money involved. I don't know for sure, but I'm thinking he may want to report it to the divorce lawyer.

My personal non-work machine is a MacBook Pro. Can I automatically block that site without it being apparent that I blocked it to my brother? I'm afraid of malware/viruses, plus it's just plain creepy to me. If I can't block it so it's not apparent that I set it up, I'm thinking I'll just tell him that work monitors all of our internet traffic and I won't enter that URL.

Thought I'd ask the experts here!

[luckone]

1. Just say No if he has suspect he can have his lawyer research that one. Imo

[pwb]

2. Macs are pretty safe against intruders.

Stay with him and see if warnings pop up. I like Safari. I would not do it. He can go to a library?

[ItsjustMe]

4. That's no longer true

Macs now twice as likely to get infected by adware than PCs, according to research

https://www.pcgamer.com/macs-now-twice-as-likely-to-get-infected-by-adware-than-pcs-according-to-research/

[unc70]

8. Article is comparing apples and oranges

The Mac issues are mostly with adware while PCs are with more-serious threats like trojans.

[OAITW r.2.0]

3. Pretty sure "OnlyFans" is PPV.

Totally OK with this as you can spend your money as stupid as possible. Drugs, Lottery tickets, sex, god, or any fetish really. But you ought to be smart about how you approach these sinkholes.

[woodsprite]

5. Hey, if it's a pay site, I'm good! That's my out! :)

Don't know how much he knows about the site. For all I know, he may already have an account on there. If he does, he can look it up himself on his phone!

Thank you!

[msongs]

6. per google its a subscription only site behind a paywall nt

[OAITW r.2.0]

7. Do you really want to get involved?

I see no reason why you would want to be in the middle of this. And what happens if you help him find what will set him off? If my brother asked me, I'd tell him to fuck off. For his own good.

[woodsprite]

10. Not really. He's 7 yrs older than me but mom charged me with watching out for him.

Which tells me she was well aware of his decision making skills.

He broadsided me after we had scheduled a visit (porch visit, masked). We planned to get together before I go in the hospital for major surgery on 9/9. I think his grandkids (who live with him) finally corrupted his computer so much that he gave up on using/updating it. If I had a spare laptop and trusted him to keep it away from the other people that live in his house, I’d give it to him. I’ll check my old, old windows laptop and see if it would work well enough. The only reason I’ve been keeping it is that it has my old standalone version of Photoshop on it. If windows won’t work, maybe Linux would and I could just load a browser. Not even sure I remember the password for it.

[OAITW r.2.0]

11. My advice: Don't

Let a pro deal with it, seriously.

[MyMission]

9. You could use a computer at the local library

You can give your license to get access if you don't want to use your library card number. But some sites might not be available on a public library computer.
Just a thought.

[wyn borkins]

12. Please, Just Say No (!)

I am not a relative of yours...just an 'Internet' friend(buddy); and my sincere advice is that you Just Say No (!).

Please do not get involved in this(his) situation, as it will (no doubt) not end well for you (or for him).

Computer systems aside, it smacks of being really unethical.

Please, Just Say No (!).

[OnDoutside]

13. You answered your own question.

I'm ok with checking out their FB, Instagram, Twitter, or other normal sites, etc.

That's your answer.

[woodsprite]

14. He came over and we talked.

I did lookup their ids on Instagram and showed him it was set to private and he would have to send them a friend request to see anything. I refused to go out to the OnlyFans site but told him I think it's the same way - you have to request access. Told him work tracks our internet traffic so I wouldn't type in that URL and that he needed to cut the strings on the old ex and grown kid because I didn't want to come out of the hospital and find his mug shot on the front page of our paper for being a creeper.

Problem solved! Thought it was best not to even offer him my old machine since it might only encourage him.