http://simonwillison.net/2010-10-25T09:11:00+00:00Simon Willison2010-10-25T09:11:00+00:002010-10-25T09:11:00+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2010/Oct/25/firesheep/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://codebutler.com/firesheep">Firesheep</a></strong></p> Oh wow. A Firefox extension that makes sniffing for insecured (non-HTTPS) cookie requests on your current WiFi network and logging in as that person a case of clicking a couple of buttons. Always possible of course, but it’s never been made easy before. Private VPNs are about to become a lot more popular. <p><small></small>Via <a href="http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1827928">Hacker News</a></small></p> <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/cookies">cookies</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/security">security</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/wifi">wifi</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/recovered">recovered</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/firesheep">firesheep</a></p>