Surveillance vs Cryptophone - What's the difference?
surveillance | cryptophone |
Close observation of an individual or group; person or persons under suspicion.
Continuous monitoring of disease occurrence for example.
(military, espionage) Systematic observation of places and people by visual, aural, electronic, photographic or other means.
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(legal) In criminal law, an investigation process by which police gather evidence about crimes, or suspected crime, through continued observation of persons or places.
A telephone that provides security against eavesdropping and electronic surveillance.
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As nouns the difference between surveillance and cryptophone
is that surveillance is close observation of an individual or group; person or persons under suspicion while cryptophone is a telephone that provides security against eavesdropping and electronic surveillance.surveillance
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(wikipedia surveillance)Noun
(en noun)citation, passage=The threat of terrorism to the British lies in the overreaction to it of British governments. Each one in turn clicks up the ratchet of surveillance , intrusion and security. Each one diminishes liberty.}}
Derived terms
* uberveillanceSee also
* wiretapping * shadowing * tailing * lookout (act) * sousveillance English words not following the I before E except after C rule ----cryptophone
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