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WiFi Data

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Posted by David Rogers on November 4, 2010 at 9:25 AM
A bit off-topic, but just sharing some recent developments with unencrypted WiFi "hijacking" of people's information.

Check out today's release of Firesheep.
http://codebutler.com/firesheep?c=1
http://codebutler.github.com/firesheep/

Here's a quick article on WTOP.com
http://www.wtop.com/?nid=598&sid=2105529

So, if you are on a publicly-available WiFi while sitting in your neighborhood Starbucks, or even your own WiFi (if you do not use WEP (bad) or WPA (much much better) encryption) then you should be cautious on where you visit.

Posted by Andreas Resch on November 4, 2010 at 11:00 AM
You might also want to listen to Leo Laporte's "The Tech Guy 713" where they talk about it ...

http://twit.tv/ttg713

Cheers,
Andreas