One of the worst kept secrets in schools is that kids get around the firewalls, filters and everything else the network admins and parents do to stop them from getting at sites that they are not supposed to. But how do they do that? Well they use circumventors sites like this one – Peacefire. Of course, by the time that you read this, the URL might change, but these sites are always out there. As long as there are kids/people with time to build them… they will be there.
But should “responsible adults” be concerned at all? Should they care? Isn’t it late to close the barn doors after the horses are already out? Well kinda… across the board. Schools and parents want to control this to protect their children/charges. Kids want to get to these sites to fill their needs for defining themselves and all manner of other things… you know all that growing up stuff. I don’t think this is ever going to change, social networks might be the new rock and roll or comic books or anything else that children have been using to rebel against their elders.
In the end it’s cat and mouse and those who really want at these forms of rebellion, they will find their ways. Along the way, it never hurts to know what is happening right?
BTW… my guess is these sites likely make a shiny bit of coin on the emails that they harvest.
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