[liberationtech] Firesheep: Making the Complicated Trivial

[Frank Corrigan]

A new cookie grabber has been launched, that confirms how insure open
wi-fi is and shows the risks of using service like tumblr.com which by
default has no explicit https account facilities.

"Firesheep will scan local Wi-Fi networks. It will locate users who are
logged into Facebook, Twitter, Google, Amazon, Dropbox, Evernote,
Wordpress, Flickr, bit.ly and other services. It will show you their
icon, and it will allow you to become them. You can continue their open
session, post things, delete stuff. You can do anything they could do
themselves"
http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00002055.html

Firesheep
http://codebutler.com/firesheep

How To Protect Your Login Information From Firesheep
https://techcrunch.com/2010/10/25/firesheep/

More:
https://encrypted.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&biw=1280&bih=570&q=firesheep

Thanks
Frank