They Pesky Bugs

Natalie Solent at Samizdata has a mildly disconcerting post about the future of espionage...

Imagine audio and video bugs get better and better. Maybe in the form of tiny physical cameras, maybe as viruses that will eventually succeed in penetrating any computer, phone or similar device, maybe as some kind of broadcast or field.

And what life events will these battalions of spies be watching for? According to Natalie, a rather eccentric selection...

Every time you sang along to your ipod, had sex, mentioned the word “government”.

Your intrepid reporter spent some time yesterday afternoon trying all three at once, leaving a rather alarmed whore in his wake and winding up £50 the poorer (+ £5 for the maid) and none the wiser.