Tag: BfV
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Secret documents: European domestic intelligence services networking worldwide
30 European domestic secret services cooperate with the foreign services Mossad and CIA. With other authorities of the “Five Eyes”, the “Club de Berne” exchanges information on “non-Islamic terrorism” and “right-wing and left-wing extremism”. Governments like Germany have so far kept…
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Germany: Many “silent SMS” at federal and state level
Inquiries in parliaments and under the Freedom of Information Act show the amount of secret text messages to find out the whereabouts of telephones and their owners. Police use the method in real time for arrests, while secret services create…
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The tracking bug in your pocket: Mobile phone surveillance in Germany
Procedures according to §§ 100 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (StPO) to determine the whereabouts and identification of mobile phones in Germany In addition to telecommunications surveillance (§ 100a StPO) and online searches (§ 100b StPO), German police authorities…
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Secret document: “Club de Berne” criticises member in Austria for possible extremism
An audit report of the “Club de Berne” finds serious deficiencies in the Austrian domestic intelligence service. Its IT systems were not approved for secret information. The authority should also ensure that it is not infiltrated by “extremist organisations”. The…