Swantje

@swantjelan.bsky.social

At least one German state-level criminal police department (LKA) purchased location data from digital advertising for surveillance, despite lacking a lawful basis, prompting an investigation by the state's data protection authority. Highly problematic on many levels: netzpolitik.org/2026/daten-s...

Deutsche Polizei nutzt offenbar rechtswidrig Databroker

In mindestens zwei Bundesländern hat sich die Polizei Daten von Databrokern beschafft, wie Recherchen von netzpolitik.org und BR erstmals zeigen. Mit solchen Daten könnten sich Handys metergenau orten...

netzpolitik.org

Doctoral fellow Swantje Lange @swantjelan.bsky.social spoke with the Hasso Plattner Institut @hpi.bsky.social about sophisticated surveillance campaigns being used to exploit mobile networks, sharing that “the mobile network is highly opaque and extremely complex.” hpi.de/en/article/r...

Researchers uncover espionage in mobile networks

Like a spy movie: Researchers from HPI and the University of Toronto reveal how surveillance actors exploit mobile networks to track people worldwide.

hpi.de