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<blockquote data-quote="zzz00m" data-source="post: 724080" data-attributes="member: 63158">I can see all the available Wi-Fi hotspots around me, even when I&#039;m connected to my VPN, although all of my internet, TCP/IP traffic, etc., packets are routing over my VPN tunnel.I suspect that your sniffing app is looking at the locally available OSI Data Link Layer 2 info, like MAC addresses, which is necessary to negotiate a connection with a Wi-Fi network.&nbsp; That doesn&#039;t mean that those devices can &#039;see&#039; and &#039;hear&#039; your internet traffic.Your internet traffic is handled using TCP/IP packets utilizing Network and Transport layers 3 &amp; 4.<a href="https://community.arubanetworks.com/t5/Technology-Blog/Layer-1-and-Layer-2-WiFi-Basics/ba-p/140777" target="_blank">Airheads Community</a><a href="https://www.controleng.com/single-article/wi-fi-and-the-osi-model/8b71b0494b6b7fd5291856d02e104eb4.html" target="_blank">Wi-Fi and the OSI model | Control Engineering</a>Different things.&nbsp; If your computer is routing all internet traffic over an encrypted tunnel, you have nothing to worry about, as long as your VPN is not leaking.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="zzz00m, post: 724080, member: 63158"] I can see all the available Wi-Fi hotspots around me, even when I'm connected to my VPN, although all of my internet, TCP/IP traffic, etc., packets are routing over my VPN tunnel. I suspect that your sniffing app is looking at the locally available OSI Data Link Layer 2 info, like MAC addresses, which is necessary to negotiate a connection with a Wi-Fi network. That doesn't mean that those devices can 'see' and 'hear' your internet traffic. Your internet traffic is handled using TCP/IP packets utilizing Network and Transport layers 3 & 4. [URL="https://community.arubanetworks.com/t5/Technology-Blog/Layer-1-and-Layer-2-WiFi-Basics/ba-p/140777"]Airheads Community[/URL] [URL="https://www.controleng.com/single-article/wi-fi-and-the-osi-model/8b71b0494b6b7fd5291856d02e104eb4.html"]Wi-Fi and the OSI model | Control Engineering[/URL] Different things. If your computer is routing all internet traffic over an encrypted tunnel, you have nothing to worry about, as long as your VPN is not leaking. [/QUOTE]

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