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Re: Firesheep protection?


From: der Mouse <mouse () rodents-montreal org>
Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2010 16:24:19 -0400 (EDT)

Working towards some protection (not just against Firesheep, but the
real problem), anyone have comparative advice on the
useability/effectiveness of: [...]

I'm no expert on Web risks.  But, based what I've managed to find out
about Firesheep, it seems to me the real problem underlying it is a
human-layer problem and thus is not fixable by technology.  Have I
missed something, or are you talking about a different "real problem",
or what?

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