Tag: EU Commission
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“Partial unavailability”: Largest EU police database repeatedly down
Since the Schengen Information System has been run by an EU agency, it has failed completely on at least 34 occasions. The latest incidents are only now being made public. The Schengen Information System (SIS II), launched in 1995, is…
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Criticism over research: EU Commission funds platform to predict “migration flows”
In an Open Letter, eleven organisations criticise the creation of an infrastructure for predictive migration technologies. The tool, which is also supposed to anticipate “tensions”, is based on “artificial intelligence”. It could therefore contradict a forthcoming EU regulation. To prevent…
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“Wicked problem”: Europol considers vulnerability exploitation to break encryption
At a conference hosted by the EU police agency, three ways to decrypt communications and storage media were discussed. One of the approaches was apparently pushed by the Bavarian State Office of Criminal Investigation. For at least seven years, EU…
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Border surveillance: Frontex installs cameras in the stratosphere
With high-altitude platforms, the EU border agency aims to close the gap between its planes, drones and satellites. Frontex could in future have high-flying platforms deployed for surveillance from the stratosphere. In this way, the European Border Agency wants to…