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Packet sniffing as a legal activity is usually defined by the corporate or company policy. Most institutions will ban the activity unless your job role requires it. Outside of a company network there is usually no restriction on packet capturing/sniffing.

Packet sniffing is also done by certain types of programs, such as IDS or IPS devices/systems.

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