Poll: Firesheep and you

[PayneTrayne]

Hey, I recently found about this little Firefox plugin via friend messing with my facebook. As my university has one HUGE wifi network this particular program could lead to a lot of general shenanigans and some things that could possibly hurt others.

Firesheep is, I believe (I'm not too good at the whole computer science thing), something that allows you to sidejack somebody's browser cookies and thus allow you to sign into a few of their choice websites (Facebook, Twitter, Amazon), as I witnessed somebody rack up a 1.2 million dollar bill on Amazon for shits (Though they couldn't buy it due to no credit card information), this seems like it could be quite harmful when used for the lulz. Twitter and Facebook status' will never be the same.

Source:[link] http://techcrunch.com/2010/10/24/firesheep-in-wolves-clothing-app-lets-you-hack-into-twitter-facebook-accounts-easily/

 

[PayneTrayne]

Also, apologies if my lack of knowledge on the subject makes me sound like an idiot.

 

[Sir_Tor]

Heard the same thing in school today, hopefully it'll get fixed.

 

[PayneTrayne]

Heard the same thing in school today, hopefully it'll get fixed.

Does your school have a large wifi network that makes jackin' yo shit easy, or do you just think it's unfortunate as a whole for everyone else?

 

[Sir_Tor]

WiFi network, although most just say "cool!" there are a few that might actually do it. Mostly those that are spending the first year at the school or wannabe 'cool' hackers.

Now we just need to find a way to track them down so we can beat the living shit outta them! (small school)

 

[PayneTrayne]

WiFi network, although most just say "cool!" there are a few that might actually do it. Mostly those that are spending the first year at the school or wannabe 'cool' hackers.

Now we just need to find a way to track them down so we can beat the living shit outta them! (small school)

Look around for the giggling idiots, I'm sure it'll be a dead give away.