Evil Twin Meaning

Evil Twin is an idiom. The meaning of this idiom is (networking) A rogue wireless access point installed near a legitimate one for purposes of eavesdropping or phishing.. Explore more Idiom Meanings.

Evil Twin

(networking) A rogue wireless access point installed near a legitimate one for purposes of eavesdropping or phishing.

Example :   As a ploy to discredit the reformist politician, the opposing party had hired a lookalike to act as his evil twin and be seen in a variety of compromising situations.2003: Peter Halstead, Sea Sun [1]  ...we see the flip side, the evil twin, the dark side of addition. Human nature contains both a thing and its opposite in varying degrees of tension, and so for every plus there is a minus.2004: Bob Sullivan, Your Evil Twin: Behind the Identity Theft Epidemic [2]  ...[he]..lived his life under [another man's name], becoming his evil twin: Staas bought and sold homes, opened bank accounts, obtained credit, married twice, and was arrested at least three times.

Meaning of Evil Twin

Evil Twin is an idiom. It is one of the most commonly used expressions in English writings. Evil Twin stands for (networking) A rogue wireless access point installed near a legitimate one for purposes of eavesdropping or phishing.. Explore Urdupoint to find out more popular Idioms and Idiom Meanings, to amplify your writings

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