" Here Tink, who was in her bedroom, eavesdropping, squeaked out something impudent.
A useful feature of Apple's wireless AirPods, designed to help hearing impaired, can also be used to engage in eavesdropping - and people's reactions are mixed.
First, while legitimate eavesdropping could be implemented without making telephones less useful, there is no way of guaranteeing the state unfettered access to online communications without making the internet vastly less useful even for lawful purposes.
In another embarrassment, it emerged that a mobile phone number for Robert Hannigan, director of the GCHQ eavesdropping centre, was given out.
Now I'll go for a bit of eavesdropping.
