Your Facebook Login Can Get Jacked By A Monkey With A Mouse – The Consumerist

By eric on October 27, 2010

 

By Ben Popken

The guy sitting next to you in the coffee shop might actually be logging into your Facebook account, using the info beaming out your computer. It’s called “session hijacking” or “sidejacking” and despite it being a well-known vulnerability, most websites aren’t protecting their users from it. After a developer recently unveiled a user-friendly bit of code that makes “sidejacking” as easy a few mouse clicks, the problem is getting fresh attention.

Your Facebook Login Can Get Jacked By A Monkey With A Mouse – The Consumerist

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Internet Explorer 6 Takes A Dirt Nap

By eric on March 8, 2010

IE 6 is so old and insecure everyone should either upgrade to IE 8 Firefox of Google Chrome Browser

http://consumerist.com/2010/03/internet-explorer-6-takes-a-dirt-nap.html

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Chrome, Firefox, IE8 accelerate 12% or more in Windows 7 over Vista

By eric on May 31, 2009

In Betanews tests involving Web browsers running on both operating systems on the same computer, the speed increase was definite and measurable.

http://www.betanews.com/article/Chrome-Firefox-IE8-accelerate-12-or-more-in-Windows-7-over-Vista/1243540763

I am surprised to hear how each browser does better in Windows 7. I am currently trying Google Chrome, and it is pretty good. Alot faster than IE8, but missing some features, like highlight some text, print, print selected. So it is either all the text or not to print at all. The new 3.0 beta version allows extensions. I hope RoboForm adds support for Chrome soon too! Another down side is that in the bookmarks, there is no -> arrow to open all webpages in the bookmark folder, I have to right-click, open in new tab. I also am not able to use a program like IEPro to add spell checking to forms. Some websites will not work with Chrome, and will have to use IE or FireFox. I never really got into using FireFox, and think it takes a while to load. My Suggestion, is to try each of them, and see how they work.

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