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Five German states are using ‘distance electro-pulse devices’ in patrol duty, with more to follow. The Federal Police are also trialling their introduction in Berlin. In Germany, the police have been using Tasers since the turn of the millennium, but until a few years ago they were deployed almost exclusively by special units. In Baden-Württemberg, […]| Matthias Monroy
A dozen organisations are proposing an EU-led rescue programme in the Mediterranean. The Left Party in the Bundestag had already campaigned for this in 2020. However, there is one obstacle. On the occasion of the vote on the new EU Commission on Wednesday, 14 organisations presented the ‘Mare Solidale’ concept, a European rescue programme to […]| Matthias Monroy
U.S. authorities want to query fingerprints and facial images in a total of 40 states, most of them in Europe. In a twist, the Commission is putting itself at the forefront of talks about this so-called EBSP. A total of 40 countries currently participate in the U.S. government’s Visa Waiver Program (VWP). Washington thus guarantees […]| Matthias Monroy
The EU wants to store fingerprints and facial images of over 400 million people from third countries in a single silo. US authorities already have such a system for around 275 million people. Both sides now want to cooperate more closely on this matter. The European Union is currently merging all databases containing biometric data […]| Matthias Monroy
Conservative-led federal states want to introduce technology from a Trump supporter across Germany. The future CSU Federal Ministry of the Interior could help. When the German Federal Council recently voted in favour of a joint data analysis platform for the federal and state police forces, many media interpreted this as a green light for the […] Der Beitrag German dissent on Palantir: Several federal states oppose the US software for the police erschien zuerst auf Matthias Monroy.| Matthias Monroy
An analysis shows that government requests for user data from tech companies are increasing dramatically. An email provider specialising in encryption refers to this as ‘surveillance capitalism’. Authorities from EU countries are stepping up their surveillance practices by requesting more and more data from large US internet companies. They received almost fifteen times more user […] Der Beitrag Massive increase in data requests at Google & Co while Trump cancels talks about EU-US e-evi...| Matthias Monroy