• bdonvr@thelemmy.club
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      4 months ago

      I feel like with the advent of nearly ubiquitous unlimited mobile data plans (in some parts of the world) a lot less people use public WiFi. However on a plane you have little choice, so it makes sense.

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      4 months ago

      The article said the man had done similar with airport wifi and a place of prior employment. But the airplane one is an odd choice

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      4 months ago

      If you are trying to steel credentials from people with power and money passengers in first class are a good target.

      Where else are you going to find a cluster of people like that that are using the wifi and are going to be there for hours. It’s about as optimal as I can think of.

      Even better if you are targeting a spefic company. Just pick flights out of the headquarters for that company.

      If you want to attack say Microsoft pick a flight from Seattle to DC. Pretty good odds of a Microsoft high up being on the flight and wanting to use the wifi for work.