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Wolfie Christl @wchr.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
At least one German state-level criminal police department (LKA) purchased location data from digital advertising for surveillance, despite lacking a lawful basis, prompting an investigation by the state's data protection authority. Highly problematic on many levels: netzpolitik.org/2026/daten-s...
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Deutsche Polizei nutzt offenbar rechtswidrig Databroker
In mindestens zwei Bundesländern hat sich die Polizei Daten von Databrokern beschafft, wie Recherchen von netzpolitik.org und BR erstmals zeigen. Mit solchen Daten könnten sich Handys metergenau orten...
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The Citizen Lab @citizenlab.ca · 29/05/2026
Doctoral fellow Swantje Lange @swantjelan.bsky.social spoke with the Hasso Plattner Institut @hpi.bsky.social about sophisticated surveillance campaigns being used to exploit mobile networks, sharing that “the mobile network is highly opaque and extremely complex.” hpi.de/en/article/r...
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Researchers uncover espionage in mobile networks
Like a spy movie: Researchers from HPI and the University of Toronto reveal how surveillance actors exploit mobile networks to track people worldwide.
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Ron Deibert @rondeibert.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Das kanadische Citizen Lab forscht zu digitaler Spionage und Massenüberwachung www.jetzt.at/artikel/sswy...
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Wer überwacht die Überwacher? Das kanadische Citizen Lab forscht zu digitaler Spionage und Massenüberwachung.
Seine Mitarbeitenden waren noch nie so beschäftigt wie heute.
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The Citizen Lab @citizenlab.ca · 23/04/2026
🚨New research reveals how two sophisticated surveillance actors exploited the global telecom ecosystem and, for the first time, directly links combined 3G and 4G network attacks to mobile operator infrastructure. citizenlab.ca/research/unc...
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Bad Connection: Uncovering Global Telecom Exploitation by Covert Surveillance Actors
Our investigation uncovers two sophisticated telecom surveillance campaigns and, for the first time, links real-world attack traffic to mobile operator signalling infrastructure. The findings expose h...
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