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Firesheep Simplifies Stealing Logins
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Posted on 11/08/2010 8:19:41 PM PST by Gomez
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posted on
11/08/2010 8:19:43 PM PST
by
Gomez
To: Gomez
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posted on
11/08/2010 8:21:52 PM PST
by
Gomez
(shibboleet)
To: ShadowAce; Swordmaker
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posted on
11/08/2010 8:23:03 PM PST
by
Gomez
(shibboleet)
To: Gomez
How about putting this in English?
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posted on
11/08/2010 8:32:10 PM PST
by
23 Everest
(A gun in hand is better than a cop on the phone.)
To: 23 Everest
Your FR account can be taken over by someone on the same network, including WiFi hotspors, with a few mouse clicks.
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posted on
11/08/2010 8:39:58 PM PST
by
Gomez
(shibboleet)
To: 23 Everest
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posted on
11/08/2010 8:44:57 PM PST
by
Gomez
(shibboleet)
To: 23 Everest
If you use a WiFi connection anywhere, even if it is encrypted, but otherwise shared among everyone at the coffee shop you’re at, this utility makes it automatic to steal your Free Republic, Amazon, Facebook, etc. login. It doesn’t matter if you logged in using “https” if you are brought back to a “http” screen afterward, as that is what Yahoo Mail and Hotmail even do to you.
In short, you are screwed if you don’t use a VPN. Good luck putting together a cheap, easy VPN for all of your friends.
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posted on
11/08/2010 8:46:14 PM PST
by
ConservativeMind
("Humane" = "Don't pen up pets or eat meat, but allow infanticide, abortion, and euthanasia.")
To: Gomez
That’s not my screenshot.
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posted on
11/08/2010 8:46:41 PM PST
by
Gomez
(shibboleet)
Comment #9 Removed by Moderator
To: Gomez
There have been over 671,000 downloads of Firesheep to date.
(Almost) all your airport and coffee-shop WiFi logins are belong to Firesheep.
So when does John Robinson release https://www.freerepublic.com?
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posted on
11/08/2010 11:40:06 PM PST
by
TChad
To: Gomez; ~Kim4VRWC's~; 1234; 50mm; Abundy; Action-America; acoulterfan; AFreeBird; Airwinger; ...
Warning Network & Internet Security PING!
Please!
No Flame Wars!
Discuss technical issues, software, and hardware.
Don't attack people!
Don't respond to the Anti-Apple Thread Trolls!
PLEASE IGNORE THEM!!!
All Computer Warning Ping!
If you want on or off the Mac Ping List, Freepmail me.
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posted on
11/09/2010 12:20:49 AM PST
by
Swordmaker
(This tag line is a Microsoft product "insult" free zone.)
To: Gomez
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posted on
11/09/2010 3:18:38 AM PST
by
kitkat
To: rdb3; Calvinist_Dark_Lord; GodGunsandGuts; CyberCowboy777; Salo; Bobsat; JosephW; ...
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posted on
11/09/2010 5:08:01 AM PST
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: kitkat
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posted on
11/09/2010 5:10:50 AM PST
by
comps4spice
(Ding Dong the Witch (Pelosi) is dead! Olbermann too!)
To: Gomez
Thats not my screenshot. Man up. You posted it. Take responsibility.
:)
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posted on
11/09/2010 5:12:48 AM PST
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: ConservativeMind
even if it is encrypted, but otherwise shared among everyone at the coffee shop youre at, this utility makes it automatic to steal your Free Republic, Amazon, Facebook, etc. login. Partially true. If you log into a site using SSL (HTTPS) and the site reverts to non-SSL after the login, you're at risk. If you're on a banking website, for instance, that offers HTTPS before, during, and after login, you're (relatively) safe. If you're on an unsecured network, your packets can be sniffed, but if the data is encrypted in transit, they can't decrypt it.
WPA2 with SSL is safe; WEP with SSL is not if you leave the SSL session; no wireless security with SSL is insecure; WPA2 without SSL is also insecure. Essentially keep yourself on secure wireless networks and use SSL encryption or VPN to prevent data breaches.
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posted on
11/09/2010 5:22:50 AM PST
by
rarestia
(It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
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posted on
11/09/2010 6:30:54 AM PST
by
zeugma
(Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam)
To: 23 Everest
Thank you. I don’t go to wifi hot spots, so I thought I was safe, this makes me think not so?
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posted on
11/09/2010 6:41:43 AM PST
by
brytlea
(Jesus loves me, this I know.)
To: ConservativeMind
I”m sorry, what is a vpn?
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posted on
11/09/2010 6:43:01 AM PST
by
brytlea
(Jesus loves me, this I know.)
To: brytlea
VPN = “virtual private network”
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posted on
11/09/2010 6:45:59 AM PST
by
Logic n' Reason
(You can roll a turd in powered sugar; that don't make it a jelly donut)
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