electronic surveillance

noun

: the act of using electronic devices to watch people or things

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Developed domestically in 2004, the system is capable of electronic surveillance, direction finding, and jamming both communication and radar signals. Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025 But Yahya moved undetected in the tunnels under Gaza, rarely coming above ground and avoiding detection by Israel’s electronic surveillance. Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 14 May 2025 The Israeli electronic surveillance company NSO Group was ordered to pay $167 million in damages to WhatsApp and its parent company Meta, bringing a close to six years of litigation. Grace Gilson, Sun Sentinel, 12 May 2025 Because the system operates passively, it cannot be easily identified by Ukrainian electronic surveillance. Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025 The prosecutor's office said on Friday that among the eight people charged, three were being kept under electronic surveillance, two have been released and three remain under arrest. FOXNews.com, 5 Apr. 2025 Rather than depict cryptocurrency, electronic surveillance, data privacy or endless swiping, Kraftwerk primarily showed graphics and apparatus tied to the early ’80s, the era when these songs debuted. Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2025 Sarkozy, 69, now faces a one-year prison term but is expected to ask to serve his sentence at home under electronic surveillance, as permitted for sentences of two years or less. Michael D. Carroll and Amir Daftari, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024 For a full-scale investigation, which could include search warrants and electronic surveillance (if a judge approves), the standards are tougher. Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024

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“Electronic surveillance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/electronic%20surveillance. Accessed 25 May. 2025.

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