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		MichaelGG on Feb 20, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Lenovo's Response to Its Dangerous Adware Is Aston... If you can read (sniff) WiFi in a cafe, you can write (MiTM), so the difference isn't really important, is it?

halayli on Feb 21, 2015 [–]

Usually sniffing refers to capturing packets. But yes if you can read and write then you can definitely decrypt the traffic since you can provide the user with a trusted cert.

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