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WIRETAPPING [10 records]

Record 1 2023-10-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • IT Security
  • Telecommunications Transmission
DEF

The wiretapping with the purpose to modify or insert data.

OBS

Active wiretapping implies insertion of false signals or alteration of communications while passive wiretapping is limited to the listening to or recording of data without any alteration.

OBS

active wiretapping: designation and definition standardized by ISO and the International Electrotechnical Commission.

Key term(s)
  • active wire tapping

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité des TI
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)
DEF

Branchement clandestin destiné à modifier ou insérer des données.

OBS

branchement clandestin actif : désignation et définition normalisées par l'ISO et la Commission électrotechnique internationale.

Spanish

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Record 2 2009-01-07

English

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

The practice of monitoring conversations using a concealed listening or recording device connected to a communication circuit.

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.

French

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

Fait de surveiller des conversations à l'aide d'un dispositif d'écoute ou d'enregistrement installé discrètement sur un circuit de télécommunications.

Spanish

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

Modalidad de intervenir las líneas telefónicas para acceder a los datos que por ellas se transmiten.

CONT

En cuanto a la intervención de líneas telefónicas, en determinados casos puede acarrear una modalidad del allanamiento con perturbación sobre el secreto profesional, que es esencial para el ejercicio de la abogacía. Debido al tipo de personal que suele realizar las desgrabaciones y al volumen de éstas, con frecuencia van a parar dentro de un expediente conversaciones privadas cuya divulgación transgrede el derecho a la intimidad.

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Record 3 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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Record 4 2008-05-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications Transmission
Key term(s)
  • wire-tapping service

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Transmisión (Telecomunicaciones)
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Record 5 2007-11-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications Transmission
  • IT Security
  • Intelligence (Military)
DEF

Wiretapping limited to obtained data.

DEF

In computer security, the monitoring and/or recording of data while the data is being transmitted over a communications link.

OBS

Wiretapping may be performed in active or passive modes ...

OBS

Active wiretapping implies insertion of false signals or alteration of communication while passive wiretapping is limited to the listening to or recording of data without any alteration.

Key term(s)
  • passive wire tapping

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)
  • Sécurité des TI
  • Renseignement (Militaire)
DEF

Branchement clandestin limité à l'obtention de données.

Spanish

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Record 6 2007-09-24

English

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

A concealed listening or recording device connected to a communications circuit.

CONT

The telephone tap or wire tap received [these] names because historically, the monitoring connection was applied to the wires of the telephone line of the person who was being monitored and drew off or tapped a small amount of the electrical signal carrying the conversation.

Key term(s)
  • wire tapping device

French

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

Spanish

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Record 7 - external organization data 2006-03-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - ISO/IEC JTC 1 Information Technology Vocabulary
Universal entry(ies)
08.05.27 (2382)
ISO/IEC standard entry number
DEF

wiretapping with the purpose to modify or insert data

OBS

active wiretapping: term and definition standardized by ISO/IEC [ISO/IEC 2382-8:1998].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir - ISO/CEI JTC 1 Vocabulaire des technologies de l'information
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
08.05.27 (2382)
ISO/IEC standard entry number
DEF

branchement clandestin destiné à modifier ou insérer des données

OBS

branchement clandestin actif : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO/CEI [ISO/IEC 2382-8:1998].

Spanish

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Record 8 - external organization data 2006-03-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - ISO/IEC JTC 1 Information Technology Vocabulary
Universal entry(ies)
08.05.28 (2382)
ISO/IEC standard entry number
DEF

wiretapping limited to obtaining data

OBS

passive wiretapping: term and definition standardized by ISO/IEC [ISO/IEC 2382-8:1998].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir - ISO/CEI JTC 1 Vocabulaire des technologies de l'information
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
08.05.28 (2382)
ISO/IEC standard entry number
DEF

branchement clandestin limité à l'obtention de données

OBS

branchement clandestin passif : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO/CEI [ISO/IEC 2382-8:1998].

Spanish

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Record 9 - external organization data 2006-03-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - ISO/IEC JTC 1 Information Technology Vocabulary
Universal entry(ies)
08.05.26 (2382)
ISO/IEC standard entry number
DEF

surreptitious access to some part of a data circuit to obtain, modify, or insert data

OBS

wiretapping: term and definition standardized by ISO/IEC [ISO/IEC 2382-8:1998].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir - ISO/CEI JTC 1 Vocabulaire des technologies de l'information
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
08.05.26 (2382)
ISO/IEC standard entry number
DEF

accès clandestin à une partie d'un circuit de données pour obtenir, modifier ou insérer des données

OBS

branchement clandestin : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO/CEI [ISO/IEC 2382-8:1998].

Spanish

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Record 10 1993-01-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Intelligence (Military)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Renseignement (Militaire)
OBS

(Le jour, Montréal 1975)

Spanish

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