Some Last Words on Lindell

 Now that Lindell's "symposium" is steaming wreckage I'd like to point out that it never made any sense to begin with.

Lindell claimed to have "captured packets" but in order to "capture packets" one needs a "sniffer" (which is an application or a device) attached to the network. In order to do that you need either (a) physical access to an IP port, server or router or (b) WIFI access to a wireless connection. 

There are four problems with Lindell's claim. First, someone would have had to "capture" the packets at the time communications were taking place. Packets are typically not stored. 

Second, the data would almost certainly be encrypted at layer 2, layer 7 or both. WIFI connections are almost always encrypted for obvious reasons. 

Third, even if Lindell had packet captures, he would have no way to demonstrate where they came from. There would be no chain of evidence. Anyone can simply create a packet. A simple program could create thousands of them with all sorts of "damning" content. 

Fourth, sniffing a network without permission is illegal. If Lindell had presented captured packets he would have been effectively admitting to a crime. Either for sniffing a network or for receiving illegal goods.