Usually means: Observing private information over shoulders.
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General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. shoulder surfing: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. shoulder surfing: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. shoulder surfing: The Word Spy
  4. shoulder surfing: Collins English Dictionary
  5. shoulder surfing: Wiktionary
  6. Shoulder surfing (computer security), Shoulder surfing (surfing): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. shoulder surfing: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. shoulder surfing: Netlingo
  2. Webopedia (No longer online)
  3. shoulder surfing: Hacking Lexicon

Definitions from Wiktionary (shoulder surfing)

noun:  (chiefly computer security) The use of direct observation, such as looking over someone's shoulder at an ATM, in order to obtain information.
noun:  (surfing) a technique in surfing requiring less skill, riding the wave lower down than its critical point

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