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[snoop] / snup /




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At JPMorgan, Bisignano directed his security staff to use software to snoop in the email of rival executives, people familiar with the matter said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

E2EE has been hailed by privacy experts as the best way to protect conversations from hackers, corporations and even repressive authorities trying to snoop on users.

From BBC Mar. 3, 2026

Camryn Smith and her daughter showed up to snoop around for the deals at the Americana at Brand in Glendale early Friday morning.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 28, 2025

One member warned that state officials would snoop around their rural properties to tell owners what to do.

From Salon Aug. 8, 2025

I know I shouldn’t snoop, but curiosity quickly overrides my conscience as it often does—snoop-control issues—and I’m bending down and randomly perusing some of the papers on the floor: mostly old letters.

From "I'll Give You the Sun" by Jandy Nelson

Like most VPN users, Canadians use VPNs for safer torrenting, streaming foreign and local content while abroad, protecting their data on public networks, and, increasingly, to keep corporate and government snoops away from their data.

From Salon Mar. 11, 2026

He can be paranoid, but she snoops around a lot.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 18, 2026

Yet the very value proposition of VPNs rests on an internet rife with restrictions and snoops.

From Slate Jan. 10, 2025

Mr. Chew disputed that his app snoops on Americans.

From Washington Times Mar. 23, 2023

British spy Jacobus van Zandt snoops through papers in the desk of American agent Silas Deane in Paris.

From "George Washington, Spymaster" by Thomas B. Allen

Prosecutors allege that he also snooped on Chinese dissidents in Germany.

From Seattle Times Apr. 23, 2024

For eight years they snooped on 182 nests, checking them every few days during the breeding season.

From Scientific American Oct. 1, 2023

The reporters who snooped on the weekend’s wedding via binoculars might have had a better view of what they were covering.

From Washington Post Nov. 21, 2022

Also, 33% said they had snooped through the host’s medicine cabinet or other private things at a party, and 47% said they would break up with a partner over poor party behavior.

From Washington Times Dec. 13, 2021

As the Object dressed, I snooped around the bedroom.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

Julian O’Neill investigates how the unlawful snooping was exposed.

From BBC Jul. 30, 2026

They’re accepting not only Beijing snooping and cyber-sabotage risk.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

An ATM con that involves some snooping, some acting and some sleight-of-hand is being carried out across Southern California, police say.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 25, 2026

You are likely to connect to public Wi-Fi in airports, hotels and cafes, and encrypted connections are crucial for protecting personal data and preventing snooping.

From Salon Nov. 30, 2025

Nana was the first to find out about Chris, thanks to her master snooping skills.

From "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas




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