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Don't Get Hijacked on the 'Net: Firesheep and HTTPS
by Aaron Brauer-Rieke
October 28, 2010
Filed under Consumer Privacy, More Issues in Consumer Privacy
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This week, a piece of software called Firesheep reminded us of how important it is to browse the Internet securely.
Firesheep is a very user-friendly Firefox add-on that allows its user to snoop on unsecure connections on a local network (such the Wi-Fi at your local coffee shop) and hijack services being used on that unsecure connection. This means that, by default, a visit to Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, and other popular services might be enough to give anyone using Firesheep access to your account. Just look at how simple the Firesheep snooping program is:
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It only takes a simple glance to know when you’re browsing securely. First, you can see when you’re using a secure connection by checking for the “https://” before the web address.
more at.....
http://cdt.org/blogs/aaron-brauer-rieke/dont-get-hijacked-net-firesheep-and-https
by Aaron Brauer-Rieke
October 28, 2010
Filed under Consumer Privacy, More Issues in Consumer Privacy
Tags:
This week, a piece of software called Firesheep reminded us of how important it is to browse the Internet securely.
Firesheep is a very user-friendly Firefox add-on that allows its user to snoop on unsecure connections on a local network (such the Wi-Fi at your local coffee shop) and hijack services being used on that unsecure connection. This means that, by default, a visit to Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, and other popular services might be enough to give anyone using Firesheep access to your account. Just look at how simple the Firesheep snooping program is:
snip
It only takes a simple glance to know when you’re browsing securely. First, you can see when you’re using a secure connection by checking for the “https://” before the web address.
more at.....
http://cdt.org/blogs/aaron-brauer-rieke/dont-get-hijacked-net-firesheep-and-https