New add on lets hackers assume ur identity

[saaber1]

Heads up for all Bitogers who occasionally us a public wi-fi connection.

Firesheep, a firefox plug in, allows a hacker to log into sites as you. This program is known to watch Amazon, Twitter, LiveJournal, Facebook, Yahoo, and Google among others.

These 2 pages describe it:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/hottopics/detail?entry_id=75679

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9193201/How_to_protect_against_Firesheep_attacks

 

[Scienceman]

more people that needs to get a grip.

 

[greenaccord02]

If you're on open wifi and not using some kind of tunnel to do important stuff, you're retarded.

That being said, I've played with firesheep a little and it's a fun plugin.