What is Eavesdropping

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It literally means listening in a hidden way. Learn more in: POSMASWEB: Paranoid Operating System Methodology for Anonymous and Secure Web Browsing

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Is a passive attack. An attacker listens to the communication and gets information about the content of the message. Learn more in: Emerging Security Issues in VANETS for E-Business

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The attack in which attacker access and redeem the communication traffic among IOT components. Learn more in: Internet of Things: Architecture, Challenges, and Future Directions

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Listening to the private conversation of others without their allowance and in an unethical manner. Learn more in: Security Issues of Smartphones Regarding M-Commerce

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Eavesdropping is the act of secretly listening/viewing the private conversation of others without their consent. Learn more in: Internet of Things (IoT)

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An unauthorized real-time interception of a private communication, such as instant message, a phone call, or videoconference. Learn more in: Optimized Three-Dimensional Security Framework to Mitigate Risks Arising From BYOD-Enabled Business Environment

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It is an unethical act in which an individual illegitimately intercept a private conversation, communication, digital transmission, or activities of others without their consent. Learn more in: Security and Ethical Concerns of Affective Algorithmic Music Composition in Smart Spaces

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A malicious user is spying information exchanged between community members and collects useful information. Learn more in: A Holistic Perspective of Security in Health Related Virtual Communities

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Eavesdropping is the intercepting of conversations by unintended recipients. One who participates in eavesdropping is called an eavesdropper. Learn more in: Hackers, Hacking, and Eavesdropping

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It is a type of attack wherein adversaries “listen in” on packets that are in transit. Learn more in: Securing the Human Cloud: Applying Biometrics to Wearable Technology

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It is the process of illegal interception of packets transmitted by other computers from a network. It is also known as sniffing, whose main motto is to confidentially listening the other’s information without their permission. Learn more in: BDS: Browser Dependent XSS Sanitizer

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The practice of passively listening to someone’s conversation such as via wiretapping Learn more in: Social Engineering and Data Privacy

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Unauthorized monitoring of other people’s communications. It can be conducted on ordinary telephone systems, emails, instant messaging or other Internet services. Since eavesdropping activities do not affect the normal operation of network transmission, both the sender and the recipient can hardly notice that the data has been stolen, intercepted or defaced. Learn more in: MANET: Enhanced Lightweight Sybil Attack Detection Technique