What is Telephone tapping?
'''Telephone tapping''' or '''wire tapping'''/'''wiretapping''' is when somebody [[hearing|listen]]s to another person's [[telephone|telephone call]]s. They usually use a listening device called a ''bug'' to listen to and [[record]] the conversation so that another person can then listen to it later. This is [[legal|illegal]] in many [[country|countries]], including the [[United Kingdom|UK]] and [[United States|US]] because it means that telephone calls are not private. Sometimes, the [[police]] need to 'tap' into telephone calls to catch [[terrorist]]s or other [[criminal]]s. Evidence from illegal tops may be used in criminal trials in some countries. *[[Watergate scandal]] {{tech-stub}} [[Category:Telephone]] [[Category:Criminal investigation]]