There’s an interesting story by a New York engineer about trying to warn people about the dangers of using websites such as Facebook over an open Starbucks connection, now that Firesheep has made it so easy to steal identities to popular websites.

The author of Firesheep also has a great post with his thoughts on network security, the technology ( Read more... )

Anyone using the Safari browser (Mac or Windows) should take a look at a vulnerability that allows websites to grab the form auto-complete information (like name, email, home address, etc.) from your browser. The long and short of it is that you should disable autofill (Preferences > AutoFill) until Apple releases a patch.

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