How to pronounce “spoofing”

Meaning

• [Verb]
• present participle and gerund of spoof
• [Noun]
• (computing) Falsifying one's identity or other identifying information (e.g. location) by technical means to deceive or gain access.
• (computing) A method of attacking a computer program, in which the program is modified so as to appear to be working normally when in reality it has been modified with the purpose of circumventing security mechanisms.
• (computing) Phishing.

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