(Signal Boost) Firesheep: Open Season for Nosy Parkers

[duncanmac]

I am soooo not amused.

Thanks to ms_danson (as she noted in this post), I have found out that a new add-in for Firefox called “Firesheep” allows the user to sniff packets from a WiFi link and grab a copy of the “Session ID” that is used to keep you logged in after you enter your userID and password. And swiping the “Session ID” is all that is required for

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[dewline]

The trouble's been triggered anyway, regardless of intent. No escape for any of us, really.

[duncanmac]

Not if a wireless connection is being used.

The recent story reporting that Google Street View cars were "war dialing" for unencrypted WiFi links should give even more point to this issue!

[dewline]

I guess that OGWiFi.ca is in for a bit of trouble over this?

[duncanmac]

Probably, I think it should be.

What it will *do* is another question.