Matuson also reminds you that what you say to a close co-worker can be overheard by many other people in the desks or cubicles within earshot.

Matuson还提醒你你对一位亲密同事说的话可能被范围内的办公隔间、办公桌旁的许多人听见。

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But true office Machiavellis will be pleased to learn that private chats are also possible, since the software can work out who is within earshot of whom, and will transmit sound only to those who should be able to hear it.

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But we can be sure Gen Petraeus will be too canny to let his hair down within the earshot of any journalist.

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It must have been an unusual experience to be out there as a defense attorney in this case, talking about the verdict within earshot of family members.

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