I am saying not everyone is affected, only those who solely rely on wifi. Others have realized that a shared medium with questionable security is inherently unreliable and have other options at their disposal.
> Others have realized that a shared medium with questionable security is inherently unreliable
The real the8472 would have never said that. Then again without you coming to pin your message on an actual bulletin board for everyone to see you we can neither confirm the authenticity of this message nor of it author. Implicitly its validity is questionable.
> have other options at their disposal
When I tried connecting all the phones, tablets, watches and other such devices in my house to Ethernet cables it proved to be a real hassle for my cat. Do not recommend.
There's value in convenience and it probably outweighs the drawbacks for all but a (very) few specific applications.
Your analogy is flawed, the validity of my argument is independent of whether I am who I claim to be. HN does not require strong identity verification to function.
As for the convenience, I think the same kind of reasoning brought us endless ads and tracking.
Not in the same way that wifi is, where anyone outside the building can attack it. And even if your ethernet is under attack you have the advantage of being able to physically locate ports.