Passive Wiretapping

Passive Wiretapping definition - hacker
A type of wiretapping that is not active but rather attempts merely to observe the traffic flow to gain desired knowledge, whether it be snooping for a password or just logging traffic.

Webster's New World Hacker Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Bernadette Schell and Clemens Martin.
Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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