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Wiretapping

Wiretapping, also known as wire tapping or telephone tapping, is the monitoring of telephone and Internet-based conversations by a third party, often by covert means. The wire tap received its name because, historically, the monitoring connection was an actual electrical tap on an analog telephone or telegraph line. Legal wiretapping by a government…

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United States

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Wiretapping

Nodes121
Edges120
Triples76
Avg. degree1.98
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Wiretapping

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related to United States · 26
Wiretapping → Attorney General, Before, Electronic Communications Privacy Act, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, Furthermore, House, However, In, In Nevada, It, Many, Nevada Supreme Court, Pearl Harbor, Prohibition-Era, Representatives, Roy Olmstead, Significant, Supreme Court, Surveillance Court, Telephone
related to history · 23
Wiretapping → Alexander Graham Bell's, All, Allied, April, Bell Labs, Bergen-Belsen, French, Fuhrerbunkers, Germany, However, In, Keller, Keller's, Later, Nazis, Paris, Remote, Robert Keller, SOE, Source
related to Official use · 17
Wiretapping → Advanced Intelligent Network, AIN, BellSouth's Advanced Technology, CALEA, Communications Assistance, Dale Malik, If, In, Law Enforcement Act, Now, Telephone, The, This, TV, US Patent, Wayne Howe, When
related to External links · 7
Wiretapping → Eavesdropping NY Times May, Guantanamo Inmates Accuse US, Lessons, May, Pellicano Case, RFC, Wiretapping Skills NY Times

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Aircrack-ng or Kismetinstance ofusing a tool0.80text
Wireshark or Ettercap.Mobile phoneThe first generation mobile phonesinstance ofallowing the intruder to view packets in a tool0.80text
Wireshark or Ettercapinstance ofallowing the intruder to view packets in a tool0.80text
Wiretappingrelated to External linksRFC0.60section
Wiretappingrelated to External linksPellicano Case0.60section
Wiretappingrelated to External linksLessons0.60section
Wiretappingrelated to External linksWiretapping Skills NY Times0.60section
Wiretappingrelated to External linksMay0.60section
Wiretappingrelated to External linksGuantanamo Inmates Accuse US0.60section
Wiretappingrelated to External linksEavesdropping NY Times May0.60section
Wiretappingrelated to historyThe0.60section
Wiretappingrelated to historyAlexander Graham Bell's0.60section

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