Including whatever the McDonald's free wi-fi might store? I'm not insinuating they were an actor, but is that how simple it could've been? Anything communicated over unsecure/not-secure-enough wi-fi could've been captured & apparently now decrypted using newly-acquired information?
I'm halfway sure that's what it means. But that would just be crazy, right?
Anything communicated over unsecure/not-secure-enough wi-fi could've been captured & apparently now decrypted using newly-acquired information?
Yes. An attacker would have to collect that information, AND have grabbed the private keys from a vulnerable site. But there is nothing technically stopping that from happening. (And of course I expect there may be a market for those keys now)
Including whatever the McDonald's free wi-fi might store? I'm not insinuating they were an actor, but is that how simple it could've been? Anything communicated over unsecure/not-secure-enough wi-fi could've been captured & apparently now decrypted using newly-acquired information?
I'm halfway sure that's what it means. But that would just be crazy, right?