Sleep Mode: Can bad things happen?

is it possible for privacy to be violated while remaining connected to the internet via DSL?
Repeating Rifle wrote on :

If my Mac running 10.3 is in sleep mode, is it possible for privacy to be violated while remaining connected to the internet via DSL?

Bill

Gregory Weston replied on :

In article BD8445AD.24CC3%salmonegg@redacted.invalid, Repeating Rifle salmonegg@redacted.invalid wrote:

If my Mac running 10.3 is in sleep mode, is it possible for privacy to be violated while remaining connected to the internet via DSL?

Your privacy will not be compromised while the machine is asleep. If something happens to wake the machine up, all bets are off.

(But, frankly, the odds are still in your favor as a Mac owner.)

G