eavesdrop

Some of these future spacecraft will be able to see through cloud and even eavesdrop on radio transmissions.

In July, the BBC revealed Health Assured allowed strangers to "eavesdrop" on confidential calls by listening in to the helpline without the knowledge or permission of callers.

A security blunder not long afterwards allowed spies to eavesdrop on a highly sensitive conversation between senior German air force officials, later broadcast on Russian TV.

Some of these future spacecraft will be able to see through cloud and even eavesdrop on radio transmissions.

Of my recent adventures in Chekhov, I remain partial to Richard Nelson’s production at the Old Globe of “Uncle Vanya,” which allowed us to eavesdrop on the characters with audio headsets that permitted the actors to perform their roles as though they were conferring in complete domestic privacy.