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Euro Police Shut Down Four Call Centers Selling Cryptocurrency Investment Scam

By Eric Priezkalns 19 Jan 2023 Risk, Fraud & Security

German victims were lured into paying EUR2mn for bogus investments advertised on social media and the web.


Will Germany Reject STIR/SHAKEN?

By Eric Priezkalns 22 Dec 2022 Nuisance & Spam

US supporters of a one-size-fits-all approach to authenticating voice calls face the twin obstacles of German culture and trials of a rival technology by Deutsche Telekom.


NSO Phone Spy Founder Hires Former Austrian Chancellor for Utilities Security Business

By Eric Priezkalns 24 Oct 2022 Risk, Fraud & Security

A man who systematically undermined phone security wants to be paid to secure vital infrastructure. What could possibly go wrong?


Concerns Raised about Evidence Gathered by Police Infiltration of Encrypted Crime Networks

By Eric Priezkalns 6 May 2022 Privacy & Intellectual Property

High-profile prosecutions in the Balkans may be at risk because evidence obtained from the Sky ECC app may be inadmissible.


German Study Warns 5G Open RAN Is Not Secure by Design

By Eric Priezkalns 29 Nov 2021 Risk, Fraud & Security

A risk analysis for Germany’s Federal Cyber Security Authority found ‘medium to high’ risks for many O-RAN interfaces and components.


New German Law Forces Telcos to Assist State Surveillance with IMSI-Catchers

By Eric Priezkalns 28 Apr 2021 Privacy & Intellectual Property

German spooks and cops are upgrading their surveillance strategy to cope with 5G.


Top EU Lawyer Says Germany Cannot Enforce Net Copyright Law

By IPKat 24 Dec 2018 Privacy & Intellectual Property

The EU was not given proper notification of a German law that limits web quotations from press articles.


Web Framing of Images Is Not Copyright Violation Per Berlin Court

By IPKat 23 Aug 2018 Privacy & Intellectual Property

Framing is a technique where content hosted on one website is displayed within a section of a page on another website.


German Court Says Google Cannot Hide Behind Algorithms

By IPKat 19 Apr 2018 Data & Analytics

A former prisoner complained when a Google search yielded the description of another prisoner who was a sex offender.


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