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Recent Examples of eavesdropping
Such opportunistic eavesdropping is challenging, because Starlink is consistently optimizing for its primary satellite Internet service by turning beams on and off, or sometimes switching beams as the fast-moving satellites talk to many different users, Kassas explained.
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Andrew Cunningham,
ArsTechnica,
11 May 2026
Canvasser was arrested Wednesday and charged with unlawful eavesdropping or surveillance, according to police records.
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Sasha Pezenik,
ABC News,
10 Apr. 2026
And that communication can be in the open, on a public channel susceptible to eavesdropping.
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Joseph Howlett,
Scientific American,
31 Mar. 2026
Banks extols the virtues of eavesdropping.
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Sarah Rodman,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Mar. 2026
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Andrew Cunningham,
ArsTechnica,
11 May 2026
Canvasser was arrested Wednesday and charged with unlawful eavesdropping or surveillance, according to police records.
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Sasha Pezenik,
ABC News,
10 Apr. 2026
And that communication can be in the open, on a public channel susceptible to eavesdropping.
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Joseph Howlett,
Scientific American,
31 Mar. 2026
Banks extols the virtues of eavesdropping.
—
Sarah Rodman,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for eavesdropping
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It was destroyed in the name of urban renewal and has borne the brunt of government interference and disinvestment.
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The ruling retained the Fed’s special status in the government that shields it from interference by the White House—now or in the future.
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Later that year, he was charged with wiretapping, and although authorities did not offer more details, local journalists have reported that the alleged wiretapping was meant to monitor the investigation of his mother.
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Under the plan, FISA, which allows warrantless wiretapping of noncitizens, would be extended for three years, with new oversight guardrails and penalties for abusing the spy tool.
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That seemed to work for a while, but now his intrusiveness is ramping up again.
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The Barracuda class is designed to perform a wide range of missions, including anti-submarine warfare, anti-surface warfare, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, land-attack operations, and special forces support.
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Its Russian captain allegedly acted on Russian intelligence and a Russian corvette ran reconnaissance.
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In 1536, after 16 months in prison and interrogation by the Catholic Inquisition, he was executed for heresy in what is now Belgium.
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The conversations aren't meant to be delivered like an interrogation on the first date.
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Sometime before the murder Gonzalez was seen on surveillance video footage moving interior cameras.
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The court was also shown a surveillance video from a day before the hearing where Porter was seen attacking a juvenile court staffer and trying to escape.
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Capoy said the suspects, who were close friends, said in initial questioning that they were bullied in school.
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The Kansas City Police Department detained one man for further questioning.
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It’s often viewed as a dumping ground for human refuse — out of sight, out of mind — and it is structured to prevent prying eyes.
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Following Guthrie's prying, Lopez eventually caved in with a concrete answer.
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“Eavesdropping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eavesdropping. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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