Wiretapping
noun
The activity of secretly listening to or recording someone's telephone or internet conversation for the purpose of getting information.
The court found him guilty of unauthorized wiretapping.
Often appears as...
- unauthorized wiretapping
- illegal wiretapping
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Formal
Technical
verb
To secretly listen to or record someone's telephone or internet conversation.
The FBI was accused of wiretapping the politician's private calls.
Often appears as...
- wiretapping the phone
- wiretapping a conversation
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
noun
The activity of secretly listening to or recording someone's telephone or internet conversation for the purpose of getting information.
The court found him guilty of unauthorized wiretapping.
Often appears as...
- unauthorized wiretapping
- illegal wiretapping
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
verb
To secretly listen to or record someone's telephone or internet conversation.
The FBI was accused of wiretapping the politician's private calls.
Often appears as...
- wiretapping the phone
- wiretapping a conversation
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
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Pro Tip 1/3Legal Implications
Wiretapping is often associated with laws and can be illegal without a warrant or just cause.
The scandal involved illegal wiretapping, leading to legal consequences.
Pro Tip 2/3Privacy Breach
Wiretapping is considered a serious invasion of privacy and is a sensitive topic.
Activists denounce wiretapping as a violation of individual rights.
Pro Tip 3/3Surveillance Context
Wiretapping is often used in the context of government surveillance and espionage.
The spy thriller depicted the use of wiretapping in international espionage.
Pro Tip 1/3Legal Implications
Wiretapping is often associated with laws and can be illegal without a warrant or just cause.
The scandal involved illegal wiretapping, leading to legal consequences.
Pro Tip 2/3Privacy Breach
Wiretapping is considered a serious invasion of privacy and is a sensitive topic.
Activists denounce wiretapping as a violation of individual rights.
Pro Tip 3/3Surveillance Context
Wiretapping is often used in the context of government surveillance and espionage.
The spy thriller depicted the use of wiretapping in international espionage.
Pro Tip 1/3Legal Implications
Wiretapping is often associated with laws and can be illegal without a warrant or just cause.
The scandal involved illegal wiretapping, leading to legal consequences.
Pro Tip 2/3Privacy Breach
Wiretapping is considered a serious invasion of privacy and is a sensitive topic.
Activists denounce wiretapping as a violation of individual rights.
Pro Tip 3/3Surveillance Context
Wiretapping is often used in the context of government surveillance and espionage.
The spy thriller depicted the use of wiretapping in international espionage.
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How to Avoid Surveillance...
And so for that reason, I think that it's better to build networks to be as secure as possible. Yes, this means that in the future, encryption is going to make wiretapping more difficult. It means that the police are going to have a tougher time catching bad guys. But the alternative would mean to live in a world
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How to Avoid Surveillance...
And so for that reason, I think that it's better to build networks to be as secure as possible. Yes, this means that in the future, encryption is going to make wiretapping more difficult. It means that the police are going to have a tougher time catching bad guys. But the alternative would mean to live in a world
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Quote examples
Richard Ben-Veniste
American Lawyer
Gerald R. Ford was a decent and honorable man. Under his steady hand, the nation began the process of recovering from the terrible trauma of Watergate - the lies, distortions, cover-ups, misuses of federal agencies to exact political revenge, illegal wiretapping, burglaries.
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Adam Cohen
American Journalist
It is not hard to see why the FBI wants wiretapping backdoors. It would certainly make its job easier. But rejiggering the Internet so government can conveniently monitor everything we say and do online is too high a price to pay for making law enforcement more efficient.
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Jennifer Palmieri
American Public Servant
As president, Trump does and says outrageous and false things every week, from ordering arbitrary travel bans to accusing President Obama of illegal wiretapping with no evidence.
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Rebecca MacKinnon
American Journalist
While the federal government is required by law to document publicly its wiretapping of phone lines, it is not required to do so with Internet communications.
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Joe Sestak
American Politician
Torture is and must remain illegal. Warrantless wiretapping is also illegal, as was the transfer of Guantanamo detainees to Qatar without proper notice.
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Roger Stone
American Politician
How can you be conservative and justify wiretapping people without a warrant? We're supposed to be the party of personal freedom and civil liberties.
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Andrew Rosenthal
American Journalist
Congress passed the deeply flawed Patriot Act and authorized the invasion of Iraq. It even gave its retroactive approval to warrantless wiretapping.
Quote examples
Richard Ben-Veniste
American Lawyer
Gerald R. Ford was a decent and honorable man. Under his steady hand, the nation began the process of recovering from the terrible trauma of Watergate - the lies, distortions, cover-ups, misuses of federal agencies to exact political revenge, illegal wiretapping, burglaries.
Quote examples
Adam Cohen
American Journalist
It is not hard to see why the FBI wants wiretapping backdoors. It would certainly make its job easier. But rejiggering the Internet so government can conveniently monitor everything we say and do online is too high a price to pay for making law enforcement more efficient.
Quote examples
Jennifer Palmieri
American Public Servant
As president, Trump does and says outrageous and false things every week, from ordering arbitrary travel bans to accusing President Obama of illegal wiretapping with no evidence.
Quote examples
Rebecca MacKinnon
American Journalist
While the federal government is required by law to document publicly its wiretapping of phone lines, it is not required to do so with Internet communications.
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Joe Sestak
American Politician
Torture is and must remain illegal. Warrantless wiretapping is also illegal, as was the transfer of Guantanamo detainees to Qatar without proper notice.
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Roger Stone
American Politician
How can you be conservative and justify wiretapping people without a warrant? We're supposed to be the party of personal freedom and civil liberties.
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Andrew Rosenthal
American Journalist
Congress passed the deeply flawed Patriot Act and authorized the invasion of Iraq. It even gave its retroactive approval to warrantless wiretapping.
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