Security Architectures in the EU

Schlagwort: Schleswig-Holstein

  • Tracking corona infections: German Luca app in a downfall

    Tracking corona infections: German Luca app in a downfall

    Five Länder no longer renew their contracts with culture4life, the company’s new business model could also run into turbulence So far, 13 German federal states have used the Luca app to warn of Corona infections, but at least five governments want to do without it in the future. Most recently, Berlin announced that it would […]

  • „Thin blue line“: German police trainer warns against radicalisation

    „Thin blue line“: German police trainer warns against radicalisation

    Police sometimes see themselves as the last „blue line“ against chaos and crime. Various police stations also tweet about this self-image, which is popular among right-wing officers. Websites where police employees  also participate sell patches, mugs and shirts with the problematic symbolism. Several German police forces published tweets about the so-called „thin blue line“ over […]

  • Germany: Many „silent SMS“ at federal and state level

    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 longer-term movement profiles with it. „Silent SMS“ are text messages whose reception is not indicated […]

  • Significantly more „Silent SMS“ with German police authorities

    Significantly more „Silent SMS“ with German police authorities

    Police in Germany are a matter for the federal states, this also applies to the surveillance of telecommunications. In Schleswig-Holstein alone, local police departments send as many „Silent SMS“ as the Federal Police. A decision of the Federal Court of Justice should contain this practice, but a change is hardly recognizable. German authorities are increasingly […]