I choose to allow my neighbors to use my Internet connection. I've never really had a problem with it. I understand that there are SSH, SSL, and IPSec MITM attacks, but I simply assume that my neighbors aren't smart enough to pull something like that off. I've never had bandwidth issues, especially since hacked cable modems running tcniso.net's sigma x2 can see around 20Mbps on a good day.
Plus, WiFiDog (http://dev.wifidog.org) and RabbIT web-proxy (http://www.khelekore.org/rabbit/) take care of most people's privacy and bandwidth issues.
i always run firefox in safe-mode. i know that extensions cannot be loaded, but the only important firefox extensions i used to use are now replaced by web proxies. for example, i used to use livehttpheaders, tamperdata, and modifyheaders. with burp, suru, webscarab, and xss-proxy, these extensions lack the significance they once had. for people that are heavy into extensions and themes, maybe you should first ask yourself why, and then weigh the benefits versus the drawbacks.
i also change a few settings in options->content and about:config to prevent javascript from doing anything but the basics. since i'm always bouncing back between windows xp, linux, freebsd, and mac os x - it's nice to be able to acheive such consistency and still know what my baseline for browser security posture is.
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I choose to allow my neighbors to use my Internet connection. I've never really had a problem with it. I understand that there are SSH, SSL, and IPSec MITM attacks, but I simply assume that my neighbors aren't smart enough to pull something like that off. I've never had bandwidth issues, especially since hacked cable modems running tcniso.net's sigma x2 can see around 20Mbps on a good day.
Plus, WiFiDog (http://dev.wifidog.org) and RabbIT web-proxy (http://www.khelekore.org/rabbit/) take care of most people's privacy and bandwidth issues.
i always run firefox in safe-mode. i know that extensions cannot be loaded, but the only important firefox extensions i used to use are now replaced by web proxies. for example, i used to use livehttpheaders, tamperdata, and modifyheaders. with burp, suru, webscarab, and xss-proxy, these extensions lack the significance they once had. for people that are heavy into extensions and themes, maybe you should first ask yourself why, and then weigh the benefits versus the drawbacks.
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i also change a few settings in options->content and about:config to prevent javascript from doing anything but the basics. since i'm always bouncing back between windows xp, linux, freebsd, and mac os x - it's nice to be able to acheive such consistency and still know what my baseline for browser security posture is.
there is worse spyware out there these days anyways. see: http://theinvisiblethings.blogspot.com/2006/06/in