How interesting it's been to sit back and watch all the hair-pulling and other nonsense that's gone on over the release of the Firesheep extension for Firefox that according to some is the fourth horseman of the Apocalypse riding in at full gallop. Relax, everyone-it's just a rather unorthodox way of reminding everyone of what ath64 and I have begged, cajoled and preached for everyone to do since day 1 1/2-don't enter or access ANY sensitive information on ANY web page you're connected to over an open Wi-Fi link (or for that matter, connected to in ANY OTHER manner) unless that page is protected by SSL encryption or you're connecting through a virtual private network.
That's the bottom line, folks. And it's gratifying to note that Firesheep's author makes it clear he created the extension not to scare people away from free and open Wi-Fi, but to persuade the owners of at-risk websites to man up (or woman up as necessary, I guess) and get their sites properly HTTPS secured-as they should have done long ago, of course.
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