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If election polls are using HTTP authentication, File Transfer Protocol, and/or Telnet, they're in bigger trouble than I thought. It's not tough to know HTTPS, Secure File Transfer Protocol, and SSH will be a huge prevention measure for WiFi sniffers and just much more secure overall. Plus they really should be using a sniffer themselves to monitor outside attempts like this...