Security Architectures in the EU

Tag: BfV

  • Allegedly hardly any “Reichsbürger” among German security authorities

    Allegedly hardly any “Reichsbürger” among German security authorities

    Unlike right-wing extremism in general, the number of known cases of “Citizens of the Reich” among police and military is conspicuously low “The accused are united by a deep rejection of state institutions and the free democratic basic order of…

  • German police and secret service: Transmission of Kurdish association data is illegal

    German police and secret service: Transmission of Kurdish association data is illegal

    Associations of foreign nationals are kept in a central register in Germany. Members of Kurdish foundations are subject to special surveillance. However, a corresponding decree from 1994 can not be found anymore. The German Federal Office of Administration (BVA) transmits…

  • Quitting EU adviser: Gilles de Kerchove invents “left-wing terrorist” threat

    Quitting EU adviser: Gilles de Kerchove invents “left-wing terrorist” threat

    A handful of property damages in Italy could lead to left-wing activism being pursued more closely by police and secret services across the European Union. The initiative bears the hallmarks of the German Office for the Protection of the Constitution.…

  • Germany: The state hacks along

    Germany: The state hacks along

    With the temporary exception of the Federal Police, all German police agencies and secret services are now allowed to hack into computers and telephones. This is an extremely deep invasion of privacy On 10 June, the Bundestag massively expanded the…

  • Germany: Trojans for all

    Germany: Trojans for all

    The German Bundestag passed new wiretapping laws for secret services and the Federal Police In future, German secret services will be able to remotely access private computers or telephones with spy software. They will be allowed to intercept not only…

  • Security research: EU Commission to fund technology to decrypt 5G connections

    Security research: EU Commission to fund technology to decrypt 5G connections

    European police authorities are invited to submit proposals for the development of an interception platform. Authorities from third countries can also participate in the research project. Several German initiatives, including those of the domestic secret service, served as door openers.…