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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 agency is also called lawful interception. Passive wiretapping monitors or records the traffic, while active wiretapping alters or otherwise affects it.
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IMSI-catcher
thumb|IMSI catcher on display at the German Museum of Technology in Berlin
An international mobile subscriber identity (IMSI) catcher is a telephone eavesdropping device used for intercepting mobile phone traffic and tracking location data of mobile phone users. Essentially a "fake" mobile tower acting between the target mobile phone and the service provider's real towers, it is considered a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack. The 3G wireless standard offers some risk mitigation due to mutual authentication required from both the handset and the network. However, sophisticated attacks may be able
Operation Snow White
criminal conspiracy by the Church of Scientology
Stingray phone tracker
cellular phone surveillance device
DCSNet
call-recording hardware
hardware for recording telephone calls

Grigore N. Filipescu
Romanian journalist (1886-1938)
phone hacking
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