![]() The developer put a disclaimer at the top of the FaceNiff site. 'Legal notice: this application is for educational purposes only. Do not try to use it if it's not legal in your country.' With all of the rooting how-to guides available, it's fairly simple for a user to root an Android phone. In theory, all Android users could use this app, and while the legal disclaimer may be up on the site, it does not guarantee that will be put the reason the app is used. The free version of this APK provides access to three hacked profiles. The site notes that wider access can be purchased through PayPal. FaceNiff cannot, however, access accounts that use https browsing, which encrypts information for a more secure browsing session. Users must enable it manually, and Twitter also requires users to manually activate it. Perhaps with the wider availability of an app like FaceNiff, https browsing will become standard. Google made, an encryption protocol for communication security, standard for GMail following the advent of Firesheep. At the time in November 2010, Facebook and Twitter lacked SSL authentication. Using WiFi became a little more risky once FireSheep was introduced, a simplified way to snatch authentication info out of wireless packets, and a few big companies (Facebook, Twitter) responded by enabling HTTPS-by-default settings to mitigate the problem. The next incarnation of this threat has made its way to Android smartphones through an app called. ![]()
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