tickle the wire: meaning & examples
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Meanings:
- To provoke or stimulate subjects who are under electronic surveillance (such as a wiretap) so that they will respond on monitored communications, thereby producing useful recorded evidence.
- To use deliberate actions or planted information to elicit speech or reactions from people whose conversations are being intercepted.
Examples
BetaThe detective tried to tickle the wire by asking leading questions during the monitored call.
El detective intentó provocar respuestas en la llamada monitoreada haciendo preguntas sugestivas.
They tickled the wire carefully to get incriminating evidence without alerting the suspect.
Provocaron la vigilancia cuidadosamente para obtener pruebas incriminatorias sin alertar al sospechoso.
By tickling the wire, the agents ensured the suspects would incriminate themselves during the conversation.
Al provocar la vigilancia, los agentes aseguraron que los sospechosos se incriminaran durante la conversación.
- To test or manipulate a sensitive system or network in order to observe responses or gather intelligence.
Examples
BetaThe cybersecurity team tickled the wire by sending test signals to detect vulnerabilities in the network.
El equipo de ciberseguridad probó el sistema enviando señales de prueba para detectar vulnerabilidades en la red.
They tickled the wire to observe how the system would respond to unauthorized access attempts.
Manipularon el sistema para observar cómo respondería a intentos de acceso no autorizados.
By tickling the wire, the analysts gathered crucial intelligence about potential cyber threats.
Al probar el sistema, los analistas recopilaron información crucial sobre posibles amenazas cibernéticas.
Examples:
- EN: Be nice to tickle the wire when we raid the brothel.ES: Vendrá bien cuando hagamos la redada en el burdel.ID: Pasti bagus jika mendengarkan alat sadap saat menggerebek pelacurannya.
- EN: We did the raid just to tickle the wire, remember?ES: Hicimos las redadas por las escuchas.ID: Kita menggerebek hanya untuk memperkuat penyadapan, ingat?
- EN: Or tickle the wire.ES: O para escuchas.ID: - Atau menyadapnya.
- EN: But I tickle the wire and there's something on you, no promises.ES: Pero si tiro de la manta y hay algo sobre ti, no prometo nada.
- EN: Or we just tickle the wire.ES: O pincharle el teléfono.ID: Atau kita pasang penyadap.
- EN: - We tickle the wire.ES: - Pincharle el teléfono.ID: - Pasang penyadap.
- EN: It's time to put them in play, tickle the wire on their parents' location.ES: Es hora de ponerlos en juego, para dar con la ubicación de los padres.ID: Aku akan memberi tahu Forrester.
- EN: When we have wiretaps, we do something that's called "tickle the wire," which means that you do some action through an informant that causes a reaction in the people you wiretap, and then they speak about it on the phone.ID: Saat menyadap, kami melakukan hal bernama "menggelitik penyadapan", artinya kami bertindak lewat informan yang membuat target penyadapan bereaksi, lalu mereka membicarakannya di telepon.
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