Topic: Are your WiFi connections Being Watched?

[Skhilled (OP)]

People have long believed that this was possible. A Firefox extension, Firesheep, proved it was not only true but very easy to do. The problem is not with WiFi but with the lack of security of the sites that you visit. Here are a few links explaining how and why and what you can do to prevent it.

[urlhttps://github.com/codebutler/firesheep/downloadsFiresheep[/url] - the download ink to the extension

http://codebutler.com/firesheep

http://blogs.forbes.com/kashmirhill/2010/11/03/facebook-responds-to-firesheep-wifi-security-controversy/?boxes=techchanneltopstories

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9193201/How_to_protect_against_Firesheep_attacks?taxonomyId=142&pageNumber=2