I remember doing things like this... Was quite a bit of fun in the days.. Took me forever to get a whip. Tried it today, doesn't work as well, probably just added a loot radius.
Anyone who was a "privileged" user on the network a Maverick device was connected to could intercept your SSL data. Such as when you see the lock in the corner of a website and it is green, mainly credit cards, banks and other money / identity things. Just generally bad...