Well yes, but that's not the kind of privilege I had in mind. The router could have used the very same attacks with lower risk of detection. So unless you can t

Well yes, but that's not the kind of privilege I had in mind. The router could have used the very same attacks with lower risk of detection. So unless you can trust the network you're connected to (which is rare) this attack is not any more dangerous than any other MITM-attack. I like the attack for how it combines different methods. I just had a hard time understanding the risk from that article.