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FaceNiff Is The Firesheep For Android, Hijacks Facebook Sessions With One Tap
If you remember the privacy fiasco that Firesheep caused just months ago by allowing laptop-toting pranksters to hijack the Facebook accounts of unwitting public Wi-Fi users, then you’ll know the sort of tom-foolery that’s about to ensue now that FaceNiff exists. The app allows Android phones to sniff out and use Facebook accounts of other users on the same open wireless network with a single tap of the finger.
Firesheep Sniffs Out User Credentials At Wi-Fi Hotspots
Firefox: Firesheep sniffs out and steals cookies – and the account and identity of the owner in the process – of popular websites from the browsing sessions of other users on the Wi-Fi hotspot you’re attached to.
Blippy Reveals Credit Card Numbers On Google
Electronic-ID OLED Is Skynet’s Security System
Breaking into high-security areas is going to be a whole lot trickier in 2035, if this 2-inch electronic-ID has anything to say about it. The good news is, it’s guaranteed to get your good side.
Girl Gets Random Guys on Craigslist To Call Ex-Boyfriend, Talk Dirty To Him
Placing a fake Craigslist ad for random strangers to call your ex-boyfriend at work to “talk dirty to him” may be funny, but it can now also get you charged with identity theft.
NASA Computer Used to Ruin a Businessman’s Credit
A software engineer/landord with high-level security clearance has been charged with stealing the identity of David Welch, a former tenant, using a NASA computer at the Kennedy Space Center.
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