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Originally Posted by FF2
I don't know if it is kindle related but within the last month, there was discussion of an addon for Firefox which allows its user to grab or hijack an account once the user logs on to it. In other words, after you enter your password and are authenticated, the user of this software is ON YOUR ACCOUNT and can do things with it. I don't recall much more but it was yet another scary article about the insecurities of the web and wifi.
Ah, found a link to some site where it is mentioned:
http://www.wonderhowto.com/how-to-us...etwork-405854/ |
I didn't read the article, but I'm guessing it's referring to FireSheep? The only place you really have to worry about that is in public wifi areas, like Starbucks or something unless the attacker gets in through your wireless. But chances are that if they know how to break your wifi encryption, they also know that arp poisoning is much more effective than FireSheep will ever be.
99% chance that you've got some virus/malware that's mining your data and sending it to China (especially if you've got a computer tech coming over to look at slowness and error messages since those are red flags for viruses). Get yourself a firewall on your computer so you can see exactly what it is sending to the internet and you won't have most of your problems.
