wire tap
Secret phone surveillance
A wire tap is the interception of telephone or electronic communications, typically by law enforcement or intelligence agencies: The FBI obtained a warrant for a wire tap on his phone.
To wire tap is to install such surveillance.
The practice raises civil liberties concerns about government monitoring of private conversations.
Also spelled as one word: wiretap.
Listen to private conversations
- interceptSeize en route
- buggingSecretly recording conversations
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
- clandestineConcealed from authorities
surreptitious · undercover · stealth · infiltration · hidden · secretive · undetected · cloak-and-dagger
Formal authorization document
- admissibleAllowed to be considered
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
- prosecutionPursuing legal charges
- subpoenaWrit requiring testimony
FISA · consent · authorization · testimony · indictment · judge · affidavit · disclosure
Covert communication interception scheme
- encryptionConverting data into code
- decryptionConverting ciphertext to plaintext
- firewallNetwork access control system
- intrusionUnauthorized entry into space
hacker · breach · spyware · malware · metadata · VPN · SSL · eavesdropping
Professional crime investigator
- informantOne who provides intelligence
- suspectBelieve to be likely
- crimePunishable illegal act
- FBIU.S. domestic intelligence agency
DEA · transcript · recording · lead · case · intelligence · law-enforcement · counterintelligence
Seizing something in transit
- transmissionSending of information
- telecommunicationsRemote signal transmission technology
- circuitClosed electrical pathway
- signalMessage-conveying cue
microphone · transmitter · receiver · frequency · analog · digital · encryption · landline
eavesdrop
Listen to private conversations
- interceptSeize en route
- buggingSecretly recording conversations
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
clandestine · surreptitious · undercover · stealth · infiltration · hidden · secretive · undetected · cloak-and-dagger · shadowy
warrant
Formal authorization document
- admissibleAllowed to be considered
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
- prosecutionPursuing legal charges
subpoena · FISA · consent · authorization · testimony · indictment · judge · affidavit · disclosure · suppression
man-in-the-middle
Covert communication interception scheme
- encryptionConverting data into code
- decryptionConverting ciphertext to plaintext
- firewallNetwork access control system
intrusion · hacker · breach · spyware · malware · metadata · VPN · SSL · eavesdropping · exploit
detective
Professional crime investigator
FBI · DEA · transcript · recording · lead · case · intelligence · law-enforcement · counterintelligence · probe
interception
Seizing something in transit
- transmissionSending of information
- telecommunicationsRemote signal transmission technology
- circuitClosed electrical pathway
signal · microphone · transmitter · receiver · frequency · analog · digital · encryption · landline · cellular
- espionagespy, spies, double agent, double agents, spying
- surveillancesurveillance, CCTV, security camera, surveillance camera, surveillance cameras
- Traffickingdrug trafficking, trafficking, trafficker, drug smuggling, smuggling
- wire connectorsquick connect, quick disconnect, spade, ferrule, splice
- investigation gearfingerprint kit, evidence bags, evidence bag, evidence marker, magnifier
- Sting Operationssting operation, undercover, bust, decoy, bait
wire tapencryption
Converting data into code
secure communication · end-to-end encryption · privacy protection · secure line · signal jamming