Wiretapping
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"Wiretap" redirects here. For the radio program, see WireTap (radio program). For the listening device, see Covert listening device.
For the method of telephone dialing by depressing the hook switch, see Pulse dialing § Tapping.
Wiretapping, also known as wire tapping or telephone tapping, is the monitoring of telephone and Internet-based 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 an analog telephone or telegraph 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.[1][2]