Emerging Technical Surveillance Threat Research – Science Fiction?

Technical surveillance threat methods emerge, develop, change and adapt swiftly. An ‘intelligence gathering device’ which can melt into a puddle when it has concluded it’s mission? Whilst this may seem to be in the realms of science fiction still, it wasn’t quite so long ago that many, now commonplace, technical surveillance methods were also regarded as science fiction.

All competent TSCM specialists keep a close eye on research and emerging technologies that have the potential to be used to gather information covertly. It is only by developing counter measures for each emerging treat that a TSCM specialist can stay ahead of attacker methodology. As we constantly remind clients, to be able to effectively detect, identify and pinpoint locate the source of a technical surveillance attack, requires measurement, analysis and interpretation. It’s an age old dance between privacy attackers and privacy protectors!

Take a look at the linked article below and consider how future TSCM specialists will need to counter this kind of device.

Crazy new spy robot gathers intelligence and then melts into a puddle