remote access
noun
computers
: access to a computer or a computer system from another location by means of a network connection
If the person went along with the call, the scammer would try to convince them to provide remote access to their computer.—
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The group first tries to talk employees into installing remote access software.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 June 2026
His testimony is essentially a detailed indictment of enforcement failures — smuggling, remote access loopholes, the Blackwell gap, lax Entity List additions, distillation attacks — and a call to pass a specific package of bipartisan bills.
—Mayra Rodriguez Valladares, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
But only when connected locally to the car—there’s no embedded modem, so forget about remote access.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 2 June 2026
City Manager Chris Hazeltine said the remote access for speakers off-site of the council meetings will be allowed by telephonic audio, not video.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2026
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 June 2026
His testimony is essentially a detailed indictment of enforcement failures — smuggling, remote access loopholes, the Blackwell gap, lax Entity List additions, distillation attacks — and a call to pass a specific package of bipartisan bills.
—Mayra Rodriguez Valladares, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
But only when connected locally to the car—there’s no embedded modem, so forget about remote access.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 2 June 2026
City Manager Chris Hazeltine said the remote access for speakers off-site of the council meetings will be allowed by telephonic audio, not video.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2026
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“Remote access.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/remote%20access. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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