Der Referentenentwurf zur IP-Adressspeicherung des Justizministeriums setzt auf Generalverdacht: Drei Monate anlasslose Überwachung für alle!
Dabei gibt es gar keine empirische Notwendigkeit für eine Vorratsdatenspeicherung, denn es geht längst ohne, und sonst gibt es grundrechtsschonende Alternativen.
Veraltete Behördenstrukturen dürfen kein Argument für Massenüberwachung sein.
Unsere Stellungnahme: https://d-64.org/stellungnahme-vds/
OpenAI updates its Privacy Policy
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://nerds.xyz/2026/02/openai-privacy-policy/
"Germany’s government is preparing to give its foreign intelligence service, the Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND), far broader powers over online surveillance and hacking than it has ever had before.
A draft amendment to the BND Act, circulating by German media, would transform the agency’s reach by authorizing it to break into foreign digital systems, collect and store large portions of internet traffic, and analyze those communications retroactively.
At the core of this plan is Frankfurt’s DE-CIX internet exchange, one of the largest data junctions on the planet.
For thirty years, global traffic has passed through this node, and for just as long, the BND has quietly operated there under government supervision, scanning international data streams for intelligence clues.
Until now, this monitoring has been limited. The agency could capture metadata such as connection records, but not the full content of messages, and any data collected had to be reviewed and filtered quickly.
The proposed legal reform would overturn those restrictions.
The BND would be permitted to copy and retain not only metadata but also entire online conversations, including emails, chats, and other content, for up to six months."
https://reclaimthenet.org/germany-bnd-surveillance-law-expansion-de-cix-data-retention-hacking
#Germany #EU #Surveillance #Metadata #DataRetention #StateHacking
Oh — yesterday I remembered that I had opted out of data-broker stuff several years ago, with two different services 🤣
There hasn't, anyway, been much data to begin with — also no ad ID from either Apple or Google. #compartmentalization #dataretention
#OptedOut #DataBrokers #PrivacyWins #TookAction 😂✅ #diday #didit #already xD #UnpluTrump #FCKBigTech
"EU governments are pushing to widen data retention obligations for apps that citizens use every day – and the best VPN apps are among those targeted.
A new internal document dated November 27 (first published by Netzpolitik) provides important insights into the current thinking of the Danish Presidency of the EU Council. It shows that member states largely agree on the need for a new framework on data retention, presenting an important overview of lawmakers main position on the matter.
The topic has been debated since April, when the EU Commission first unveiled "ProtectEU," a strategy aiming to create a roadmap for "lawful and effective access to data for law enforcement." The Commission then presented the Roadmap in June, which outlined an intent to decrypt citizens' private data by 2030.
Crucially, the document reveals that EU governments see metadata – specifically traffic and location history – as the most vital tool for law enforcement.
Most member states argue that simply knowing who owns an account isn't enough. Instead, they want a new legal baseline where companies are forced to log exactly when and where a user was online, as well as the IP addresses they used to connect.
The document notes that member states are aware of the legal hurdles of gathering this data and emphasize that any new system must include robust safeguards and strict proportionality to satisfy the courts.
However, privacy experts and technologists have long warned that such 'safeguards' are not enough, arguing that you cannot weaken encryption or retain this data without fundamentally compromising user security.
Besides virtual private network (VPN) companies, other online services targeted include messaging apps, hosting providers, file sharing services, cloud storage apps, and other over-the-top (OTT) services."
#EU #DataRetention #Privacy #VPNs #Metadata #Surveillance #DataProtection #DigitalRights #ProtectEU
EU prepares broader data retention framework impacting VPNs and OTT services.
https://www.technadu.com/eu-data-retention-expansion-targets-vpn-and-online-services/615846/
• Metadata logging under discussion
• No-log VPN legality at risk
• Impact assessment due early 2026
• Legislative proposal expected mid-2026
“EU Revives Plan for Year-Long Data Retention Across Digital Services, Including Encrypted Apps … Officials insist they do not intend to compromise encryption or read private messages. What they want is the so-called metadata: who contacted whom, from where, at what time, and through which service.” – https://reclaimthenet.org/eu-revives-plan-for-year-long-data-retention (via @fkamiah17)
“As NSA General Counsel Stewart Baker has said, ‘metadata absolutely tells you everything about somebody’s life. If you have enough metadata, you don’t really need content.’ When I quoted Baker at a recent debate at Johns Hopkins University, my opponent, General Michael Hayden, former director of the NSA and the CIA, called Baker’s comment ‘absolutely correct,’ and raised him one, asserting, ‘We kill people based on metadata.’” – https://cyber-peace.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/We-Kill-People-Based-on-Metadata.pdf
#dataRetention #surveillance #governmentSurveillance #EU #metadata #EuropeanCouncil #BigBrother
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