Peacefire throws Web-filter grenade
News Porn-blocking Web filters from Net Nanny, CyberSitter, and five other companies can be disabled with a program released Monday by antifiltering group Peacefire, the group claims. The program, available as a free download at the Peacefire Web site...
[December 19, 2000, 9:24]
Bug hunters find 'cookie' hole in IE
News Those characters were interpreted in such a way that the browser connected with Peacefire's site, but opened access to another specified site's cookies. Haselton constructed a JavaScript program to demonstrate how Internet Explorer could be fooled...
[May 12, 2000, 8:39]
Civil rights group slams Cyber Patrol tactics
News The three Web operators -- Waldo Jaquith of Waldo.net, Lindsay Haisley of FMP Computer Services and Bennet Hasleton of Peacefire.org -- were subpoenaed along with two dozen others because they posted the programs or linked to a site that had done so.
[March 27, 2000, 9:41]
Hotmail trashes users' email
News However, it also hosts sites such as Peacefire.org, which alerted members this week that Hotmail users have been unable to reach it for five months. After Peacefire protested, mail to the organisation was allowed to continue, earlier this week.
[January 19, 2001, 10:21]
US considers rating office for sex sites
News Invited to testify Thursday, Haselton came armed with two reports about tests that Peacefire had conducted on two filtering software applications. Peacefire.com, headed by Bennett Haselton, is one of them.
[August 4, 2000, 14:20]
New flaw discovered in MS Hotmail
News Bennett Haselton, Webmaster for Peacefire.org, said the flaw involves sending a user an email with an HTML attachment. When the user clicks on the attachment, the file sends a copy of the user's cookie to the hacker.
[May 10, 2000, 16:52]
US Congress ignites Net filter fight
News In recent months, free speech group Peacefire.org has shown that some software blocks content that many educators probably would want children to see, including the Web sites of some Congressional candidates and pages of Amnesty International.
[December 19, 2000, 15:10]
Australian controversy over government Web censorship
News Peacefire, an organisation which supports free speech for Internet users under 18, told ZDNet Australia: "From SurfWatch's point of view it may have been an honest mistake. Peacefire's Web master Bennett Haselton explained that SurfWatch actually...
[July 3, 2000, 9:31]
