Actually a good idea, but a MUCH better idea would be to automatically post a direct message to that person (from your own account or from central Idiocy account) about the problem, rather than hijacking the session and basically hacking the account, running into problems with law.
Firesheep usage leads to Idiocy
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Re: Firesheep usage leads to Idiocy
#12Earlier quoted context omitted.
I thought the rest of the paragraph covered that, but I'm happy to edit it if you can suggest a rephrasing? It's just supposed to be a quick introduction stating that the chances of being exploited are significantly higher now that the entry barrier is practically non-existent.
I... how did I miss that. I just went back and it's right there in the next sentence, my apologies. wtf.
I get a slightly hard-to-read vibe from the page, personally. Maybe the contrast, maybe the harsher anti-aliasing in Windows (used to OSX), maybe the largish sans-serif font.
Re: Firesheep usage leads to Idiocy
#13126 lines of python. This is a great demonstration of how simple it is to exploit the vulnerability. Be aware, people.
Re: Firesheep usage leads to Idiocy
#14A question:
What does it tweet? So far I'm only seeing people tweeting about Idiocy, nothing that appears to be coming from Idiocy. Different tones / content of the message could have extremely differing responses, and as it's intentionally high profile, should be extremely careful.
Re: Firesheep usage leads to Idiocy
#15Earlier quoted context omitted.
While it may be unlikely for you to get caught in my mind that still doesn't make it a good idea to run Idiocy. In essence I consider it to be a form of cyber terrorism. Terrorists use illegal or unsavory acts to gain attention and draw media coverage of their cause. Essentially idiocy is just cyber terrorism. It says "Look! I can take over your account. Now that you are scared let me show you what I want you to do."…
Didn't mean to imply I disagreed with your stance, just pointing out the relative security (unless someone else knows something) of running it. It probably is illegal, yes, and I won't personally run it, nor recommend anyone else does (as much as I've toyed with the idea of doing just such a thing by hand, at times). One could consider this civil disobedience, however, as it's not inherently harmful nor capable of sp…
I understand. Mainly I'm just worried that people aren't thinking things through completely when they make a tool like this freely available.
Personally I expect that Firesheep will be used mostly by 4chan, script kiddies, and others who just want lulz. Idiocy is clearly an attempt to use the same concepts for good, but it is still mildly worrying from the point of view of the methods being used to accomplish the goal. Like I said, it feels like a terrorist-style attention grabber to me.
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#16A question: What does it tweet? So far I'm only seeing people tweeting about Idiocy, nothing that appears to be coming from Idiocy. Different tones / content of the message could have extremely differing responses, and as it's intentionally high profile, should be extremely careful.
From the code:
status = 'I browsed twitter insecurely on a public network and all I got was this lousy tweet. http://jonty.co.uk/idiocy-what'Re: Firesheep usage leads to Idiocy
#17A question: What does it tweet? So far I'm only seeing people tweeting about Idiocy, nothing that appears to be coming from Idiocy. Different tones / content of the message could have extremely differing responses, and as it's intentionally high profile, should be extremely careful.
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#18A question: What does it tweet? So far I'm only seeing people tweeting about Idiocy, nothing that appears to be coming from Idiocy. Different tones / content of the message could have extremely differing responses, and as it's intentionally high profile, should be extremely careful.
From the code: status = 'I browsed twitter insecurely on a public network and all I got was this lousy tweet. http://jonty.co.uk/idiocy-what'
Barely in use so far:
https://twitter.com/search?q=I+browsed+twitter+insecurely+on...
Re: Firesheep usage leads to Idiocy
#19Actually a good idea, but a MUCH better idea would be to automatically post a direct message to that person (from your own account or from central Idiocy account) about the problem, rather than hijacking the session and basically hacking the account, running into problems with law.
To DM them, you'd have to make them follow you first, which would still require using the hijacked session. Roaming around busy public WiFi doing that would be an easy way to get a bunch of Twitter followers though!
Re: Firesheep usage leads to Idiocy
#20Actually a good idea, but a MUCH better idea would be to automatically post a direct message to that person (from your own account or from central Idiocy account) about the problem, rather than hijacking the session and basically hacking the account, running into problems with law.
I've been bouncing this back and forth with people all day!
Posting to your own account is an easily understandable visible demonstration of what's possible and why they should care - a DM from another account, or an @ just won't have the same effect on the user.
I might see if it's possible to send a DM to yourself, as that would achieve the same result without the public exposure.