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Re:Instagram sends passwords in plain text by mike-cardwell on Saturday November 13, 2010 @07:39PM (#1902108)
Yeah. There's a Firesheep handler for news.yc too:

https://github.com/codebutler/firesheep/wiki/Handlers

This website should really be migrated to https.

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Re:Instagram sends passwords in plain text by spicyj on Saturday November 13, 2010 @11:10PM (#1902484)
Heaven forbid someone in a coffee shop posts something on your HN account…
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Re:Instagram sends passwords in plain text by glhaynes on Saturday November 13, 2010 @11:41PM (#1902549)
:) Yeah, not the end of the world... but many, many people use the same password (or one with slight variation) on many sites. Sure, they "shouldn't", but, still...
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Re:Instagram sends passwords in plain text by pclark on Sunday November 14, 2010 @12:28AM (#1902606)
or editing your yc application.
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Re:Instagram sends passwords in plain text by mike-cardwell on Sunday November 14, 2010 @07:42AM (#1903132)
It's not just that. Some countries inspect web traffic. Some of them disapprove of conversations on some topics.
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