Definition question. I can see your reasoning and I can see the author's, where they define MITM as requiring an active component being in the middle to actually tamper with it and not just some far-off device receiving backscatter with a high-gain antenna, or a read-only mirror port on a switch or whatever is technically not "in the middle" but in a cul-de-sac. I'm not sure I've got a strong opinion, claiming one or the other is the only correct definition might just be nitpicking
They may have chosen this wording ("it's not MITM") to get the team into action rather than dismissing the risk
Edit: another legitimate-sounding question downvoted in this thread without further comment (since I'm the only comment still after it got downvoted). Can people maybe just explain what's wrong with a post when it's not a personal attack, not off topic, not answered in the article, or any other obvious downvote reason? Everyone would appreciate the author learning from the problem if there is one
They may have chosen this wording ("it's not MITM") to get the team into action rather than dismissing the risk
Edit: another legitimate-sounding question downvoted in this thread without further comment (since I'm the only comment still after it got downvoted). Can people maybe just explain what's wrong with a post when it's not a personal attack, not off topic, not answered in the article, or any other obvious downvote reason? Everyone would appreciate the author learning from the problem if there is one