Is looking for Wi-Fi access points purely passive?
- by Aric TenEyck
Say I carry a Wi-Fi enabled phone or laptop through an area where there are WAPs. Assuming that I don't actively try to connect to them or otherwise interact with them, is it possible for the owner of that WAP to know that I was there?
I'm asking this in the context of my earlier question: Looking for MACs on the network
I was talking with a…