eavesdropping

Example Sentences

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A VPN cannot protect you from all online threats, such as eavesdropping attacks, fake Wi-Fi hotspots or IP-based tracking.

From Salon • Nov. 30, 2025

Quantum cryptography offers a promising defense by using the rules of quantum physics to secure communication against eavesdropping.

From Science Daily • Nov. 29, 2025

Running only 76 minutes, the movie is a veristic and voluble delight, an exercise in eavesdropping on a pair of smart, funny people who wear posterity—there’s a tape recorder running, after all—with wry lightness.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

"You feel like you're eavesdropping on intensely private moments of people you don't always like but come to deeply understand," said The Hollywood Reporter's Frank Scheck of a 2018 production.

From BBC • Jul. 9, 2025

I’d been at my desk, eavesdropping on my old friends’ moronic instant messaging session, but I got to my feet pretty quick.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx