MITM generally refers to someone who can intercept and modify traffic, i.e. they sit “in the middle”, between you and your recipient, reading/modifying/relaying traffic.
“Passive eavesdropper” is often used to describe what you talk about. Someone on an unencrypted WiFi network sniffing your traffic isn’t really “in the middle” at all, after all.
“Passive eavesdropper” is often used to describe what you talk about. Someone on an unencrypted WiFi network sniffing your traffic isn’t really “in the middle” at all, after all.