Allegedly, on or about 16 October 2017, Patrick O'Callaghan sent:
Note that in all cases the problem is limited to nodes sharing the
same wireless access point, i.e. it's not going to bite you over the
Internet.
Though that, rather obviously, means that using public WiFi is unsafe
(not that it ever really was), but I think the more likely problem for
the average home user will be neighbours (the houses next door, and
apartments above and below you, or drive-by hackers).
Going from what I read, it's not so much nodes sharing the same point
(i.e. what could be interpreted as people *already* on the same
network), but vulnerable to anybody who tries to access it.
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[tim@localhost ~]$ uname -rsvp
Linux 4.13.5-200.fc26.x86_64 #1 SMP Thu Oct 5 16:53:13 UTC 2017 x86_64
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