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# Active v Passive Attacks
Passive: compromising a system but not necessarily doing anything apart from _watching_
Active: compromising a system while doing something to the system apart from infiltrating it
> wait what?
_Passive_ can be just like listening in on a conversation(eavesdropping) where _active_ is like jumping into the conversation and trying to do something to it.