Capturing Users with Firesheep

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Firesheep is an extension for firefox web browser. You can use this extension on two purposes. One is to protect you and the other one is to hack or hijack someone's social network profiles. Good thing is you don't need any programming knowledge to use this extension.

This extension can connect to any busy open Wifi network, that means public Wifi networks. This extension uses a Packet Sniffer to intercept unencrypted cookies from websites such as facebook, twitter.
Once Cookies transmitted over networks, packet sniffer is used to reveal users who currently logged into their social networks and you can see them on your sidebar. when you double-click on one profile you can access to the users account.

But this extension is created on Good intention, Click Here to Go to the Developers website (Eric Butler)

Steps to use Firesheep >>

You have to download the Extension on your browser App store or Extension Store or whatever. This extension is originally made for Mozilla Firefox.

If you Didn't find it Click Here to Download it for Firefox....

You have to install it and If the browser ask you to restart your browser you should. Then you should see a sidebar on your browser,

You can see a Button Called "Start Capturing", If someone is using your home WiFi, It can be your family members, you can hack them through this extension!

Click Start Capturing button, it will show you the users who use the same network as you.

All you have to do is double-click on a user and you can gain access to his/her account immediately.

But this only works on HTTP or Insecure Web sessions, So Maybe You cannot hack Facebook or Twitter accounts now because they Use HTTPS or SSL to Protect their Websites.

But you can Hack into other Websites who uses HTTP!

For Google Chrome Users, I think you need Coding Knowledge for this, You can try if you want to, but it is not easy, Click Here to read more>>>>

For others just download Mozilla and Do as Above!

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