![]() ![]() It should not be possible for Google or anybody to collect this data, whether intentional or not. The same can be said for the recent news that Google Street View vehicles were collecting web traffic. The real story here is not the success of Firesheep but the fact that something like it is even possible. Keep an eye on this blog as well as my Twitter feed for updates on these issues and other new features. Compile error on Linux - Firesheep is not currently supported on Linux and will not work. ![]() Firesheep is not yet compatible with the 4.0 beta. Currently the latest version of Firefox is 3.6.11. Apparently Mozilla’s auto-update system is leaving some people behind. Install error claiming Firesheep is not compatible with your version of Firefox - Several people ran into this problem because they were unknowingly running out of date (and insecure) versions of Firefox.Sidebar not displayed - If you’ve installed Firesheep but don’t see it, click the View menu then select Sidebar then Firesheep.From here you’ll be able to change the interface Firesheep listens on. Click the gear icon at the bottom of the Firesheep sidebar and choose Preferences. This may be because the wrong interface is selected. No results on some Windows systems - Some users have reported that they aren’t seeing any results even when on an open network that has known insecure traffic.There have also been a few common problems: "Funky custom tool bar icon explosion." - This one is actually a bit amusing.Īll of these issues will be fixed in the next release.The current release of Firesheep is unfortunately incompatible with FileVault. "Run -fix-permissions first" - This problem appears to affect only Mac OS X users who are using FileVault.This was a known issue that I wasn’t able to get to before the ToorCon release. This message doesn’t actually indicate a real problem and can be ignored. "Backend exited with error 1" - This happens on Windows when you stop capturing.The first bug reports have started rolling in: Firesheep has been mentioned on countless blogs and news sites in numerous languages, and has received almost universal praise. Firesheep has consistently been one (if not more) of the “Top Tweets” on Twitter, on top of Hacker News, was at one point the #10 trending search on Google in the US, and is the second suggestion on Bing when you start typing “fire”. Since being released just over a day ago, Firesheep has been downloaded over 129,000 times. I’ve received a ton of great messages from people who are happy that this issue has finally received widespread attention, so after day one I’m happy with the result. Most importantly, I certainly never expected there would be this much attention all at once, and within the first 24 hours. I certainly never expected Firesheep to be the #10 trending search on Google in the US. Initially before Firesheep was completed I thought there might be moderate interest, but then after doing more research found a lot of one-off articles discussing this same issue that were essentially ignored. As I told TechCrunch: I went back and forth trying to predict what the reaction might be. ![]()
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