well sadly, when it comes to computers/networking, most people have the "as long as it works" mentality, and wouldn't care, much less know what to do, if netflix works, they are good. In general, with all the garbage that is going on that we know about here, the magnitudes of people that are completely ignorant, willing and unwillingly is huge, and that plays right in to it -- bread and circuses.
A compromised computer may not see the network traffic but you couldn't hide it from your switch and router. Unless it used cellular or something wireless. Or they sneak packets through popular websites like Google but the website would have to be in on it.
Devil's advocate here, although I'm tracking what you're saying, would they not have thought of this, and put in ways to hide that traffic too?
well sadly, when it comes to computers/networking, most people have the "as long as it works" mentality, and wouldn't care, much less know what to do, if netflix works, they are good. In general, with all the garbage that is going on that we know about here, the magnitudes of people that are completely ignorant, willing and unwillingly is huge, and that plays right in to it -- bread and circuses.
A compromised computer may not see the network traffic but you couldn't hide it from your switch and router. Unless it used cellular or something wireless. Or they sneak packets through popular websites like Google but the website would have to be in on it.