Yes, but WiFi doesn't give me the same view of the airspace the controllers get, or pilots will eventually get. WiFi gets me something like flightware tracking

Yes, but WiFi doesn't give me the same view of the airspace the controllers get, or pilots will eventually get. WiFi gets me something like flightware tracking which is a lot slower and more delayed than primary/secondary radar, TCAS or ADS-B. My point is I think the article's author thought they were making a funny. And it wasn't correct or funny.