The weird waves of wi-fi
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The History of Eavesdropping
i'm also wondering about how hackable these signals are. Because if you're listening to other signals before deciding whether to talk, then, i mean, surely there's tons and tons of very sensitive data that's whizzing around. Can't you just sit there and and read off what somebody's bank account numbers? I mean, the short answer to your question is that we use inscription, so we we can't stop somebody listening to our packets, but we can stop someone understanding what the data in those packets means. So yes, you're right, im readio waves tend to find an amazing way of of getting from the roote to your devices. They bounce up and down
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