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Laurin Lorenz @laurinlorenz.bsky.social · 2d

Politiker, Journalist:innen, Dissidenten, aber auch Private wurden jahrelange überwacht - ohne deren Wissen. Die #SurveillanceSecrets Recherchen zeigen den bisher wohl größten bekannten Datensatz aus der Überwachungsbranche - mit vielen Verbindungen nach AT... 1/3

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Lighthouse Reports @lighthousereports.com · 1d

🧵What’s the biggest lie the surveillance industry tells? That they only sell to legal clients. That there are red lines. But what do these companies say when they think nobody is watching? We went undercover to find out

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Gabriel Geiger @gabrielgeiger.bsky.social · 1d

Muito obrigado! Moro no Brasil :). Eu conheço o caso, e muito interestante. Tenho vontade de pesquisar mais sobre ele. Acho que há muita coisa interessante ali.

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Gabriel Geiger @gabrielgeiger.bsky.social · 1d

Just dm’d you

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Crofton Black @cr0ft0n.bsky.social · 1d

People often ask what it's like behind the scenes at the world's top spy tech trade fair, ISS World. Turns out it's like this bsky.app/profile/ligh...

Lighthouse Reports @lighthousereports.com · 1d

🧵What’s the biggest lie the surveillance industry tells? That they only sell to legal clients. That there are red lines. But what do these companies say when they think nobody is watching? We went undercover to find out

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Gabriel Geiger @gabrielgeiger.bsky.social · 1d

Done

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Gabriel Geiger @gabrielgeiger.bsky.social · 1d

Big fan of your work @crimew.gay

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Gabriel Geiger @gabrielgeiger.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks so much Ryan!

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 2d

EXCLUSIVE: This tech has been used to track heads of state, journalists, and maybe even you.

@lighthousereports.com uncovered a vast surveillance empire whose untraceable tech has been used to target people in more than 100 countries.

It has operated under the radar for decades. Until now.

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Gabriel Geiger @gabrielgeiger.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks so much Dhruv, learned a lot of this stuff from you!

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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 2d

Come for the incredible reporting, stay for the “I think I felt like shitting my pants or something”: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfWy...

This Secret Tech Tracked World Leaders, a Vatican Enemy, and Maybe You

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Dhruv Mehrotra @dmehro.bsky.social · 2d

Legendary work from @gabrielgeiger.bsky.social.

He and a team uncovered a trove of data from a surveillance firm — location data from thousands of phone numbers from nearly every country on Earth.

The firm had been tracking everyone from Erik Prince to journalists to Jared Leto.

The surveillance empire that tracked world leaders, a Vatican enemy, and maybe you

Inside the hidden world of First Wap, whose untraceable tech has targeted politicians, journalists, celebrities, and activists around the globe.

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Ron Deibert @rondeibert.bsky.social · 2d

The surveillance empire that tracked world leaders, a Vatican enemy, and maybe you www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

A stunning investigation by @lighthousereports.com of what I call "despotism as a service"👇

The surveillance empire that tracked world leaders, a Vatican enemy, and maybe you

We uncovered a massive data trove. It revealed the hidden world of First Wap, whose untraceable tech has targeted politicians, journalists, celebrities, and activists around the globe.

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Gabriel Geiger @gabrielgeiger.bsky.social · 2d

And of course thanks for the countless hours from my @lighthousereports.com colleagues @cr0ft0n.bsky.social @daniel-howden.bsky.social @emmanfre.bsky.social @orariccardo.bsky.social

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Gabriel Geiger @gabrielgeiger.bsky.social · 2d

Have been having a blast working closely with
@revealnews.org @motherjones.com @danielschulman.bsky.social Michael Montgomery @luolkowski.bsky.social

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Gabriel Geiger @gabrielgeiger.bsky.social · 2d

Pleasure working with @papertrailmedia.de @bastianobermayer.bsky.social, @vonelisa.bsky.social @rettermaria.bsky.social @hmnzngr.bsky.social @leahruschka.bsky.social @christobuschek.net

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Gabriel Geiger @gabrielgeiger.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you!!

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 2d

EXCLUSIVE: Our friends at @lighthousereports.com obtained a secret data trove.

It revealed a vast global surveillance empire whose tech has been used to target politicians, journalists, tech execs, and Jared Leto.

The story only gets wilder from there.

The surveillance empire that tracked world leaders, a Vatican enemy, and maybe you

We uncovered a massive data trove. It revealed the hidden world of First Wap, whose untraceable tech has targeted politicians, journalists, celebrities, and activists around the globe.

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Riccardo Coluccini @orariccardo.bsky.social · 2d

Se mesi fa su Google cercavi First Wap, azienda che fa prodotti di sorveglianza da circa 20 anni, trovavi poco—negli ultimi giorni nulla. Oggi con @lighthousereports.com @papertrailmedia.de @irpimedia.eu
e altri partner riveliamo tutto #SurveillanceSecrets www.lighthousereports.com/investigatio...

Surveillance Secrets

Trove of surveillance data challenges what we thought we knew about location tracking tools, who they target and how far they have spread

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Lu Olkowski @luolkowski.bsky.social · 2d

Very happy to be bringing this story to @revealnews.org this weekend.

Gabriel Geiger @gabrielgeiger.bsky.social · 2d

On a Saturday night I stumbled across something on the internet that made me feel like ****** my pants. A giant dataset of real surveillance operations targeting 1000s of people across nearly every country. Unraveling it and the mysterious company behind it has consumed 1.5 years of my life

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Gabriel Geiger @gabrielgeiger.bsky.social · 2d

If you want to read about how we analyzed 1.5 million rows of tracking data, we’ve written a methodology here. www.lighthousereports.com/methodology/...

How First Wap Tracks Phones Around the World

From telecom protocols to a 1.5 million row dataset, here’s how we uncovered the reach and tactics of a mercenary phone-tracking company

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Gabriel Geiger @gabrielgeiger.bsky.social · 2d

We’re publishing this story with media partners across the world. To read their stories, check out our link here. lighthousereports.com/investigatio...

Surveillance Secrets

Trove of surveillance data challenges what we thought we knew about location tracking tools, who they target and how far they have spread

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Gabriel Geiger @gabrielgeiger.bsky.social · 2d

But it went beyond politically-motivated use. We also found this government-grade surveillance being used by corporate investigators digging up dirt for private clients and to stalk a Russian businesswoman in the UK www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

The surveillance empire that tracked world leaders, a Vatican enemy, and maybe you

We uncovered a massive data trove. It revealed the hidden world of First Wap, whose untraceable tech has targeted politicians, journalists, celebrities, and activists around the globe.

www.motherjones.com

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Gabriel Geiger @gabrielgeiger.bsky.social · 2d

Tracking dissidents abroad? No problem. Tracking environmental protestors for a private mining company. Sure thing! Selling to an individual under sanction? “We can find a way.” Watch it for yourself.

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Gabriel Geiger @gabrielgeiger.bsky.social · 2d

Having reported on this industry, I knew there were shady actors. But part of me thought, surely they can’t be that bad, surely there are red lines. The world isn’t a comic book. When we went behind closed doors, I realized… sometimes it is www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfWy...

This Secret Tech Tracked World Leaders, a Vatican Enemy, and Maybe You

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