snoop
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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
There is something about a healthy personality that feels repelled by a snoop or a snitch.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2025
“I guess you’re right. Does that make me a snoop, too?”
From "Crash" by Jerry Spinelli
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
This highly-rated VPN received 4.5/5 Stars via PC Mag thanks to high-level encryption that keeps out hackers, ISPs and government snoops alike.
From Salon ● Jan. 8, 2018
Julia often snoops in my room, but she's never discovered this hiding place.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
For eight years they snooped on 182 nests, checking them every few days during the breeding season.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 1, 2023
Key lawmakers said no extension will be granted unless it’s coupled with major reforms and better transparency on who’s getting snooped, and why.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 13, 2023
He spent a day and a half in the witness box on Tuesday and Wednesday answering questions about his claim that British tabloids had unlawfully snooped on his life throughout his childhood and young adulthood.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 8, 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
She snooped around the house, her eyes flitting here and there, examining every little thing.
From "Wish" by Barbara O'Connor
Julian O’Neill investigates how the unlawful snooping was exposed.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026
While snooping around the app a few weeks ago, I noticed a friend of mine had logged a film I’d never heard of, a little Tubi Original called “Hag.”
From Salon ● Apr. 5, 2026
The firm moved in the mid-1960s to a boxy two-story building with security cameras and windowless rooms, to deter rivals from snooping on toy designs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 25, 2025
And for bears that keep snooping around houses or livestock, there are ways of hazing that don’t involve dogs chasing them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 9, 2025
I didn’t dare say anything as I didn’t want her to think I’d been snooping on her conversation with Hugo.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
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