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Originally Posted by sr00t View Post
Oh yes. 100% skiddie stuff.
But what could you do to stop it? Tools like this are out there and force us to be aware that nowadays EVERYONE could "hack" the s**t out of you within two clicks.
So, this thing is encouraging us to use https, to stop these script kiddies who don't give a **** what a MITM attack is.

Everything has it's pro and it's cons. You are pointing out the cons, and I'm pointing out the pro's. But we have the same opinion about this type of programs.-
Well, I implicitly meant to point out the pro by saying it can indirectly help increase security. But at the same time, there have been many many events that have shown massive insecurities in much of what we do in our online habits. Yet people, websites, and even large well-funded companies continue making most of the same mistakes, on and on and on.

I mean, facebook has implemented SSL a while ago (I think shortly after FireSheep got publicity), but they still don't bother making that the default login page, last I checked.

I certainly agree with you, these kind of things are almost necessary, the way society is now, for security to be increased. However, at the same time, society shouldn't have to be this slow at getting better security everywhere, and shouldn't have to depend on malicious exploitation as motivation.

It's pretty intrinsic to the nature of both humans and large collectives thereof, of course, so that's not changing any time soon.