Inventing Bond: Wiretapping
Patented: History of Inventions
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The History of Eavesdropping
Some evolutionary biologists believe that this is a eavesdropping is itself an evolutionary advantage. Other species listen in on others, such as birds and corvids. Wiretapping dates back to the middle of the 19th century but wasn't widely used until the US Civil War. Pocket sounders could both receive messages and also send them.
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