What is Firesheep?

Firesheep is a Firefox extension designed to demonstrate just how serious to expose the vulnerabilities of open wireless networks. Using Firesheep, it allows a user to view and even edit the account of anyone using Facebook or Twitter while logged into an unsecure WiFi network.

Firesheep is free, open source, and is available now for Mac OS X and Windows. Linux support is on the way.

It can be used for hacking if those websites don't protect their members who depend on their services. They've been ignoring this responsibility for too long, and it's time for everyone to demand a more secure web. Hopefully, Firesheep will help the users win.

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