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plaintext

Data sent without encryption, readable by anyone on the path.

Plaintext traffic can be read and altered by anyone on the network path -- the Wi-Fi, the router, the ISP -- including credentials and commands.

Examples

  • Over plain HTTP, a stranger on the same Wi-Fi reads the token 7f3a9c in the Authorization header and can reuse it.

  • A plaintext PUT setting the valve to 40 percent can be altered on the way to 100 percent.

See also

HTTPS HTTP packet capture
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