bluebugging

B3L1U1E1B3U1G2G2I1N1G2

noun

The practice of secretly installing a back door on a mobile phone and then remotely monitoring conversations by means of Bluetooth technology.

Scrabble 18

Meanings

nounbluebugging (uncountable)
  1. uncountablecomputer securityThe practice of secretly installing a back door on a mobile phone and then remotely monitoring conversations by means of Bluetooth technology.

Origin

Cite this entry
APA

bluebugging. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bluebugging

MLA

“bluebugging.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bluebugging. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bluebugging,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bluebugging.

Source: bluebugging on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.