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Record 1 2009-01-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications Transmission
  • Audio Technology
  • Police
  • Intelligence (Military)
DEF

The connection of a concealed listening or recording device to a communication circuit.

CONT

Wiretapping is the preferred method of obtaining intelligence ... it involves tying in to a wire or other conductor that is used for communications. This wire can be a telephone line, a PBX [private branch exchange] cable, a local area network, a CCTV [closed circuit television] video system, an alarm system, or any other communications medium.

OBS

telephone tapping: This practice is no longer limited to the use of telephone lines, but the term "telephone tapping" continues to be used to denote this concept.

Key term(s)
  • wire-tapping

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)
  • Électroacoustique
  • Police
  • Renseignement (Militaire)
DEF

Installation discrète d'un dispositif d'écoute ou d'enregistrement sur un circuit de télécommunications.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Transmisión (Telecomunicaciones)
  • Electroacústica
  • Policía
  • Inteligencia (militar)
DEF

Instalación de un dispositivo en las líneas telefónicas o telemáticas para captar los datos que por ellas se transmiten.

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