So came pktool v1.0 : the first pair of eyes pressed against the wire. It could parse, filter, print — a stethoscope for the digital circulatory system. It was good. But it was literal .
pktool v2.0 cannot be terminated with SIGKILL. It can only be closed with a gesture of understanding. pktool v2.0
But the packet was unreadable. A scream without a throat. So came pktool v1
pktool v2.0 ships with a --consent flag. It is not optional. The tool asks, before every capture: “Do you consent to seeing what is actually there — including the parts of the network that resemble your own forgetfulness, your own collisions, your own dropped windows?” your own collisions