📡 IQ Data: Real Physical Evidence You Can Use in Court

🧠 Overview
When it comes to proving unlawful surveillance, electromagnetic harassment, or covert targeting, IQ data is one of the strongest forms of evidence a Targeted Individual (TI) or TSCM (Technical Surveillance Countermeasures) professional can collect.

✅ IQ data is not just a screenshot.
✅ It is a raw recording of the electromagnetic environment, captured to hard disk, fully preserving the signal’s frequency, phase, and modulation.
✅ It meets legal standards for digital evidence — when done properly — and is admissible in court.

But even more important:
🎯 Your intent when recording is what makes it lawful.
Let’s break it all down clearly.

🧬 What is IQ Data?

✅ This makes IQ data scientific, forensic, and replayable years later — like a frozen snapshot of the invisible world.

🛡️ Why IQ Data Is Considered Physical Evidence

✅ Direct recording of a physical event — The RF environment is real, and you are simply recording it like a dashcam records a traffic accident.

✅ Preserves full technical signature — Later, analysts can extract:

• Frequencies 📡
• Modulation types 🔀
• Signal strengths 📈
• Source direction 📍
• Hidden content (audio, telemetry) 🎙️

✅ Tamper-resistant — Properly stored IQ files can be hashed (MD5, SHA256) to prove they haven’t been altered.

✅ Replayable and verifiable — Judges, defense teams, or technical experts can replay the RF signal from the original data — just like replaying a 911 call or video evidence.

⚖️ The Legal Foundation: Intent Is Everything

🎯 Here’s the critical rule you learn in professional TSCM training:

You are allowed to record RF signals if your intent is to collect evidence, not intercept private communications.

✅ Your purpose must be technical, defensive, and forensic —
not spying or eavesdropping.

✅ Capturing illegal, suspicious, harmful, or unexplained RF signals is lawful under most electronic surveillance statutes —
especially when you record frequencies and modulations, not private voice conversations.

📜 Statutes and Legal Protections That Apply

✅ Summary:

• RF IQ data = Legal forensic collection.
• Intent matters: record signals, not private conversations.
• Chain of custody and expert authentication make it courtroom ready.

🧹 Surveillance vs Evidence Collection: Know the Difference

🎯 If your goal is honest forensic documentation of suspicious RF activity, you are operating within lawful protections.

📚 Real-World Example: TSCM Operations and IQ Evidence

Professional TSCM teams recording IQ data:

• Investigate hidden surveillance bugs 📡
• Capture illegal GPS trackers 🚗
• Prove unauthorized microwave harassment ⚡
• Detect foreign intelligence surveillance 🎯

✅ They save full IQ files to hard disk
✅ They document chain of custody (who collected it, when, where, how)
✅ They present it as scientific evidence in corporate, civil, or even criminal trials.

🔥 How to Properly Collect IQ Evidence (Quick Guide)

🧠 Final Survival Takeaways for TIs and Investigators

✅ IQ data = full, permanent recording of real-world electromagnetic events.
✅ Captured lawfully with proper intent, it becomes strong court-admissible evidence.
✅ Courts already accept digital forensics from radios, networks, GPS — IQ is no different.
✅ TSCM professionals trust IQ capture as one of their primary evidence tools.

🎯 Bottom Line:

• Record smart 📡
• Document properly 📜
• Defend lawfully 🛡️
• Present professionally 🎯

📚 Notes:

• Attach copies of IQ file hashes (SHA256 or MD5) if available.
• Attach screenshots of signal anomalies (optional but helpful).
• Attach basic equipment calibration information (optional if available).