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Recent Examples of eavesdropping
After Durkin challenged the government’s eavesdropping methods in the case, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago in 2013 held a highly unusual closed-door session with government officials over whether Durkin should be allowed to view confidential surveillance documents.
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Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 22 July 2025
The experiment involved 40 pet dogs divided into three categories (young, adult, and senior) and two groups (eavesdropping and control).
—Rosie McCall, Discover Magazine, 21 July 2025
The psychological manipulation runs deeper than simple eavesdropping.
—Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025
That sort of possible eavesdropping by bad actors has been a concern with public scanner traffic for decades.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 July 2025
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Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 22 July 2025
The experiment involved 40 pet dogs divided into three categories (young, adult, and senior) and two groups (eavesdropping and control).
—Rosie McCall, Discover Magazine, 21 July 2025
The psychological manipulation runs deeper than simple eavesdropping.
—Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025
That sort of possible eavesdropping by bad actors has been a concern with public scanner traffic for decades.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for eavesdropping
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In addition, there is proven evidence of interference by the Israeli government during the most recent edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, in which the event was used as a political instrument.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
12 Sep. 2025
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Later in the game, he got beat on a big play by Packers wide receiver Malik Heath that Lattimore thought should have been an offensive pass interference.—
Mark Kern,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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Winner's story has been told in a 2021 documentary Reality Winner, the 2023 film Reality, and in the play Is This A Room, in which actors reenacted the transcript of the FBI interrogation of her.—
Terry Gross,
NPR,
11 Sep. 2025
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One person was released and charged with obstruction by university police, and a second person was released after interrogation by law enforcement, according to the statement.—
Lauren De Young,
AZCentral.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Researchers extracted location data from the photos to track the kids through satellites and reconnaissance.—
Cybele Mayes-Osterman,
USA Today,
16 Sep. 2025
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The military could also adopt the MAV for reconnaissance missions.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Sep. 2025
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Earlier that day, speaking with Hugo in the crew mess, Jess acknowledged that her reaction to Solène’s questioning of Kerry about the Solène embargo was outsize.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
9 Sep. 2025
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Asking Better Questions Is An Innovation Mindset The first key to using questions to innovate is developing a questioning mindset.—
David Henkin,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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The biggest Flock controversy centers on allegations that law enforcement has abused the company’s surveillance network to target women, immigrants, and people engaging in legal activity outside their home states.—
Jennifer Jolly,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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For a community that has historically faced discrimination, the surveillance potential of AI assistive technologies represents a genuine threat to autonomy and dignity.—
Cornelia C. Walther,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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The film stages its riot of activity as hard-nosed honesty, but its portrait is ultimately as ginned-up and inexact as the fictional news broadcast’s lurid prying.—
Richard Lawson,
IndieWire,
5 Sep. 2025
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Other prying eyes won’t have access to the documents, either.—
Zoe Guy,
Vulture,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Eavesdropping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eavesdropping. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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