After Particle.connected() return true, Can I call TCPClient/TCPServer to communicate with cloud without authentication again?Or TCPClient/TCPServer is base socket?

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After Particle.connected() return true

  1. Can I call TCPClient/TCPServer to communicate with cloud without authentication again?
  2. Is the communicate as safe as Particle.function()?
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The Particle cloud requires you to communicate via the encrypted standard features exposed by the Particle object. TCPServer/TCPClient are by default not encrypted and hence can’t be used to directly talk to the Particle cloud.

However as soon you get WiFi.ready() == true you can use TCP to communicate with any counter party that accepts TCP.

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