Telephone tapping (also wire tapping or wiretapping in American English) is the monitoring of telephone and Internet conversations by a third party, often by covert means. The wire tap received its name because, historically, the monitoring connection was an actual electrical tap on the telephone line. Legal wiretapping by a government agency is also called lawful interception. Passive wiretapping monitors or records the traffic, while active wiretapping alters or otherwise affects it.

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• 1 Legal status
• 2 Methods
  • 2.1 Official use
  • 2.2 Non-official use
  • 2.3 Location data
  • 2.4 Internet
  • 2.5 Mobile phone
  • 2.6 Webtapping
• 3 History
  • 3.1 NSA warrantless surveillance controversy
• 4 See also
• 5 References
• 6 External links

Noun

wiretap (plural wiretaps)

1. A concealed device connected to a telephone or other communications system that allows a third party to listen or record conversations.
2. The act of installing such a device.

Verb

wiretap (third-person singular simple present wiretaps, present participle wiretapping, simple past and past participle wiretapped)

1. To install or to use such a device.

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