Security Architectures in the EU

Tag: Federal Police Act

  • Drastic increase in automated searches in SIS II presumably due to number plate recognition

    Drastic increase in automated searches in SIS II presumably due to number plate recognition

    More than half of all searches in the Schengen Information System now take place without human intervention. A striking increase has been observed since 2018. Many Schengen members have introduced number plate recognition during this time. Automatic queries in the Schengen Information System (SIS II) have been increasing sharply in recent years. This is confirmed […]

  • 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 ongoing but also “inactive” communications, i.e. to read out data stored on the devices. This […]