Tag: Germany
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Berlin installs AI cameras to detect suspicious behaviour. A Hamburg project has researched the consequences of such Orwell-style surveillance
Berlin’s police plan to use AI cameras to detect “suspicious” behaviour. The Hamburg Loki research project examined what such algorithmic surveillance really means in practice – for privacy, marginalised groups and public space. The Hamburg police say the AI cameras…
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German arms manager aimed high with kamikaze drones for Ukraine – then went underground over “disposable agents”
A Moscow-linked assassination plot forces Stefan Thumann allegedly into hiding. The Donaustahl boss, however, is anything but low-key Several German companies supply arms technology to Ukraine. When it comes to kamikaze drones, competition is fierce – and it sometimes spills…
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Secret services in some countries operate explosive drones via SIM cards. Now the technique hits Germany
Explosive drones are increasingly being controlled via mobile networks, making them harder to detect. Ukraine demonstrated the technology in Operation “Spiderweb”, Israel in Iran. Now the threat appears for the first time in Germany. Two weeks ago, a bus driver…
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Despite PKK self-dissolution and peace process in Turkey: Germany set to keep pursuing Kurds hard
The peace process launched in Turkey with the PKK’s self-dissolution is historic. In Germany, however, the will to prosecute the Kurdistan Workers’ Party remains unbroken. On Monday, the Turkish parliament passed far-reaching amnesty provisions for members of the Kurdistan Workers’…