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snoop

[snoop] / snup /




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ADS-B gave them an instant high-tech snoop tool, including the ability to claim owners are registering planes in one place but parking them elsewhere.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 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

There is something about a healthy personality that feels repelled by a snoop or a snitch.

From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2025

On the window, a palmetto bug looked like it was trying to decide if it wanted to snoop around the dirty streets or stay put.

From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya

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

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

She snoops to conquer in “Harriet the Spy,” a new animated series based on the classic children’s novel.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2021

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

It has also been reprimanded over allegations that it snooped on former top wealth-management executive Iqbal Khan as well as being fined over bribery and fraud charges relating to the $2 billion Mozambican corruption scandal.

From Reuters ● Dec. 13, 2021

I asked, “Would it be OK if I snooped around your apartment?”

From "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer

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

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

Drawing on facts and clues that Kaede learns from the news and her own snooping, Grandfather ponders solutions in the sanctuary of his library.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 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

It was on the desk of the Team Leader the day of the first meeting, so she wasn't really snooping or anything.

From "Counting by 7s" by Holly Goldberg Sloan


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