ABSTRACT
Spyware can be loaded onto computers through Web links or links embedded into email, without users realizing they’ve been “infected.” Researchers are working on transceiver systems that would enable millimeter computers to intercommunicate. From desktops to laptops, to multifunction phones and “smart” surveillance cameras, computer circuitry is fast being incorporated into even the tiniest devices. Computers are spied upon and used to spy on others. With the Internet interconnecting millions of computers, opportunities for spying have greatly increased. Governments and military organizations routinely use computer networks for finding and relaying intelligence information, as well as data that may be relevant to surveillance at some future date. With the proliferation of handheld devices that are essentially small computers, there are many new ways to gain access to cyberspace. Wireless communications enable computers, printers, and PDAs to intercommunicate—to relay information from one device to others or from one site to another.
