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How can someone access data that I am requesting when I use httpHTTP?

I have heard that httpHTTP use plain text communication. If it is so how can a hacker or someone tap it. From my little knowledge I know that if we sent a request to a web server it replies back to us using our ipIP address. So if an attacker wants to know what I am doing  , how does he do it? Is it necessary to know my ipIP address or does he intercept it in between? Or is it like this: an attacker decides to attack someone and he picks some data and he finds that this belong to say X  , which means does he attack randomly?

How can someone access data that I am requesting when I use http

I have heard that http use plain text communication. If it is so how can a hacker or someone tap it. From my little knowledge I know that if we sent a request to a web server it replies back to us using our ip. So if an attacker wants to know what I am doing  , how does he do it? Is it necessary to know my ip or does he intercept it in between? Or is it like this: an attacker decides to attack someone and he picks some data and he finds that this belong to say X  , which means does he attack randomly?

How can someone access data that I am requesting when I use HTTP?

I have heard that HTTP use plain text communication. If it is so how can a hacker or someone tap it. From my little knowledge I know that if we sent a request to a web server it replies back to us using our IP address. So if an attacker wants to know what I am doing, how does he do it? Is it necessary to know my IP address or does he intercept it in between? Or is it like this: an attacker decides to attack someone and he picks some data and he finds that this belong to say X, which means does he attack randomly?

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How can someone access data that I am requesting when I use http

I have heard that http use plain text communication. If it is so how can a hacker or someone tap it. From my little knowledge I know that if we sent a request to a web server it replies back to us using our ip. So if an attacker wants to know what I am doing , how does he do it? Is it necessary to know my ip or does he intercept it in between? Or is it like this: an attacker decides to attack someone and he picks some data and he finds that this belong to say X , which means does he attack randomly?