It's easy for me to stay away from open wifi, but my kids don't
necessarily understand.  They probably Facebook and maybe even, gulp,
do sensitive transactions via open wifi.  If this techcrunch somehow
makes their system secure over open wifi, isn't it worth installing?


At 10:43 AM 09/20/2011, Craig Lalley wrote:
>Yes, Firesheep is well known.
>
>Just say no to open wifi.
>
>-Craig
>
>
>--- On Tue, 9/20/11, John Lee <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>From: John Lee <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Open Wifi cure?
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Date: Tuesday, September 20, 2011, 8:21 AM
>
>A friend of mine had her yahoo or Facebook account hijacked and of
>course a bunch of spam went out to her address book.  Her IT director
>gave her the following advice, among other.  Anybody know about Firesheep?
>
>"Someone is using an app called Firesheep on your open WiFi network
>and stealing your login information.  You can fix this by installing
>a simple add-on to your Firefox browser.  Action: Click here and
>follow the directions to install the free security add-on >>> "
>
><http://techcrunch.com/2010/10/25/firesheep/>http://techcrunch.com/2010/10/25/firesheep/
>
>Thanks,
>
>John Lee
>
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