listen in on telephone conversations
1telephone tapping — ˈtelephone tapping [telephone tapping] (also ˈphone tapping) noun uncountable the practice of connecting a piece of equipment to a telephone in order to listen secretly to other people s telephone conversations …
2Telephone tapping — Wiretap redirects here. For the radio program, see WireTap (radio program). Telephone tapping (also wire tapping or wiretapping in American English) is the monitoring of telephone and Internet conversations by a third party, often by covert means …
3Telephone exchange — A telephone operator manually connecting calls with cord pairs at a telephone switchboard. In the field of telecommunications, a telephone exchange or telephone switch is a system of electronic components that connects telephone calls. A central… …
4listen in — verb 1. listen quietly, without contributing to the conversation (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑listen • Verb Frames: Somebody s 2. listen without the speaker s knowledge the jealous man was eavesdropping on his wife s conversations …
5Cordless telephone — A cordless telephone with base. A cordless telephone or portable telephone is a telephone with a wireless handset that communicates via radio waves with a base station connected to a fixed telephone line, usually within a limited range of its… …
6Medium frequency — Frequency range 0.3 to 3 MHz ITU Radio Band Numbers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 …
7Helms, Richard McGarrah — ▪ 2003 American intelligence official and diplomat (b. March 30, 1913, Saint Davids, Pa. d. Oct. 22, 2002, Washington, D.C.), headed the Central Intelligence Agency from 1966 to 1973. To supporters he was a patriot who upheld the security… …
8Mass surveillance — A closed circuit television camera. Mass surveillance is the pervasive surveillance of an entire population, or a substantial fraction thereof. Modern governments today commonly perform mass surveillance of their citizens, explaining that they… …
9Squidgygate — refers to the pre 1990 telephone conversations between Diana, Princess of Wales and a close friend, James Gilbey, and to the controversy surrounding how those conversations were recorded. During the calls, Gilbey affectionately called Diana by… …
10Skype — See also: Features of Skype Skype Skype 5.6 running on Windows 7 …
