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The communication is two-way. You need to broadcast if you want to make a request, ACK packets, etc. Your "totally silent" idea would only work if you were jus
by fineman 11y ago
The communication is two-way. You need to broadcast if you want to make a request, ACK packets, etc.
Your "totally silent" idea would only work if you were just trying to listen to unencrypted communications of the Starbucks WiFi.
- tomswartz07 11y agoYeah, you're right. I was thinking more in the frame of mind of the 'listening to the network' than the 'use Starbucks wifi as a wireless AP'. If you're doing more than listening, then yes- you'll need to broadcast and, with that, you'll open yourself up to being easily tracked down.