Aral Balkan

If you're accessing Facebook or Twitter from a public WiFi network at a cafe or some other public setting, anyone on the same network can easily access your account. In fact, today, Eric Butler released a Firefox extension called Firesheep that makes it child's play. In this short video, I show you Eric's extension in action and also show you how you can protect yourself from such attacks by using the EFF's HTTPS Everywhere Firefox extension.

Watch the video.

Comments

• It works if the Wi-Fi is not encrypted. I managed to capture cookies sent from the same computer, but it wouldn't do any good for another computer on the same network since I have WPA2 enabled on my access point.

  by XCool on 2010-10-27 14:05:30

• Great video, and thanks for the practical feedback. I've installed HTTPS Everywhere now. Quick OT: what software do you use to create your video casts?

  by John on 2010-10-26 11:11:44