evil twin



evil twin

1. A malignant, treacherous, and/or malicious counterpart of a person or thing. Our competitor sells similar products, but they manufacture them in sweatshops—they're like our evil twin.
2. In telecommunications networking, a hidden wireless access point located near a legitimate one, used for the purposes of eavesdropping or diverting sensitive personal information. I know you think I'm just a conspiracy theorist, but the government is using evil twins to listen in on digital communications between people all around the country!
See also: evil

evil twin

n. an illegal duplicate of an internet sign-in page into which people enter passwords and credit card numbers, thinking they are signing up for the real thing. There was an evil twin operating at the coffee shop, and I gave out my credit card number before I knew what was going on.
See also: evil

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Nina (4)NEE-nahRussian
Pran-Indian, Hindi
Tallulahtə-LOO-ləEnglish (Rare)
IuliaYOO:-li-a (Ancient Roman)Romanian, Ancient Roman
GittaGI-tahGerman
Livia (1)LEE-vyah (Italian)Italian, Romanian, Ancient Roman