• applepie
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    322 months ago

    this implies physical access or at least access within the network?

    • @SzethFriendOfNimi@lemmy.world
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      492 months ago

      Keeping in mind that may mean that somebody like a cellular provider could do so. Since your local network in that context would be them.

      • @sailingbythelee@lemmy.world
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        252 months ago

        Exactly. And if your ISP or cellular provider wants, or is forced, to gather information about your internet activities, they can almost certainly find a way. The cheap consumer-grade VPN services most of us use just prevent casual or automated observers from easily detecting your device’s IP address. For most people that just want to torrent casually or use public wifi, it’s enough.

    • lemmyng
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      72 months ago

      It has implications on the effectiveness of VPNs on public networks.

    • @Pretzilla@lemmy.world
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      12 months ago

      Or I expect compromise of anything on the LAN that can create a rogue DNS server that can override the routing table.

      But I might be missing something