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Recent Examples of eavesdropping
Later, Marlinspike met with the company’s other cofounder, Jan Koum, who had grown up in Soviet Ukraine under the constant threat of KGB eavesdropping.
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Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 31 July 2016
Instead, expect closed-door negotiations where no one’s eavesdropping.
—Greg Engle, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
Telecommunications firms have a legal obligation to allow federal authorities to have access to electronic information if there is a court order for the eavesdropping.
—Dan De Luce, NBC News, 7 Oct. 2024
Overhead imagery exposed Russia's buildup on its border with Ukraine, for example, and later aided the identification of electronic eavesdropping stations in Cuba.
—Colin Demarest, Axios, 7 Aug. 2024
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Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 31 July 2016
Instead, expect closed-door negotiations where no one’s eavesdropping.
—Greg Engle, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
Telecommunications firms have a legal obligation to allow federal authorities to have access to electronic information if there is a court order for the eavesdropping.
—Dan De Luce, NBC News, 7 Oct. 2024
Overhead imagery exposed Russia's buildup on its border with Ukraine, for example, and later aided the identification of electronic eavesdropping stations in Cuba.
—Colin Demarest, Axios, 7 Aug. 2024
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There’s also the question of whether WBD will honor the promise to let DC Studios proceed without interference — a promise already undermined by the fact casting for Superman had to be approved through a committee of studio execs including Warner President and CEO David Zaslav.Mark Hughes, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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What's New The European Union has launched an investigation into TikTok over its role in Romania's recent presidential election, annulled following allegations of Russian interference.Dan Perry, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
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Later this week, the five people charged in his death will face interrogations by the city’s justice department during multiple hearings.Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 16 Dec. 2024
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Yes, the interrogation videos were leaked to [producer] Alex Gibney around the spring of 2023.Yasmeen Serhan, TIME, 10 Dec. 2024
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However, now women can serve as drivers, grenade launchers, BMP fighting vehicle commanders, deputy commanders of reconnaissance groups, machine-gunners and snipers.Jason Fields, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
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Ukraine’s shortage of air defense systems allows Russian manned and unmanned aircraft to conduct reconnaissance and to take out any high-value Ukrainian targets that are within shooting range, impeding the force concentration necessary for offensive action.Elie Tenenbaum, Foreign Affairs, 3 Dec. 2024
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But, footage of piles of dead cows awaiting pickup by rendering trucks on California roadways has inspired further questioning.Crystal Heath and Gene Baur, TIME, 6 Dec. 2024
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Below are photos of a person of interest wanted for questioning regarding the Midtown Manhattan homicide on Dec. 4.Khaleda Rahman, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
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So the surveillance images and the videos that were recovered from Lowe's of him purchasing those zip ties … his face is right there in the camera.Nikki Battiste, CBS News, 14 Dec. 2024
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The afternoon allegedly culminated in a tantrum in which Payne threw his computer to the ground and was ultimately escorted to his room by employees, as seen in hotel surveillance video.Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 14 Dec. 2024
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“Eavesdropping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eavesdropping. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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