I drafted a very short message (perhaps the first was too long?) and sent it to the four, once again from their own accounts: Really wasn’t kidding about the insecurity thing. I won’t send another message after this — it’s up to you to take your security seriously. You’re at the [XYZ Street] Starbucks on an insecure connection, and absolutely anyone here can access your account with the right (free) tool.
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End of Privacy: Herding Firesheep in Starbucks - Dec. 14, 2010
Interesting fact: you can actually *give* people tools to protect themselves a bit more. I would have pointed them to HTTPS everywhere, which is somewhat useful mor most known websites, instead of just saluting them with a gentle version of “lol pwnd n00b - gtfo”. I do know, though, that it’s just for a few common websites - the problem remains.
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