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

In fact it was the revelations about the scale of UK and US digital eavesdropping by former contractor Edward Snowden that may have spurred China to become more ambitious in cyber-space.

From BBC • Oct. 29, 2025

Tateh was standing right next to me, so I grabbed a rag and started wiping the counter, edging close to them, eavesdropping.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride