Erik Bugge
@erikbugge.bsky.social
CEO and founder of privacy adtech company Kobler (kobler.no/en).
Building adtech and policy for (in all senses) sustainable digital advertising.
Building adtech and policy for (in all senses) sustainable digital advertising.
Reposted by Erik Bugge
• Can the same be done in Europe? Yes! 🎉 netzpolitik.org/2025/databro...
• Can the American authorities do that to European citizens and businesses? Yes! 🥳
• Does @hennavirkkunen.bsky.social's Digital Omnibus make that espionage easier? Yes again! 🥂
• Can the American authorities do that to European citizens and businesses? Yes! 🥳
• Does @hennavirkkunen.bsky.social's Digital Omnibus make that espionage easier? Yes again! 🥂
Databroker Files: Targeting the EU
Precise locations and revealing movement patterns: the mobile phone location data of millions of people in the EU is up for sale. Collected supposedly only for advertising purposes, this data can also...
netzpolitik.org
November 13, 2025 at 4:16 PM
• Can the same be done in Europe? Yes! 🎉 netzpolitik.org/2025/databro...
• Can the American authorities do that to European citizens and businesses? Yes! 🥳
• Does @hennavirkkunen.bsky.social's Digital Omnibus make that espionage easier? Yes again! 🥂
• Can the American authorities do that to European citizens and businesses? Yes! 🥳
• Does @hennavirkkunen.bsky.social's Digital Omnibus make that espionage easier? Yes again! 🥂
Reposted by Erik Bugge
Of course, there's only limited need for the app to broadcast any kind of data because Apple and Google have done the work to make tracking hundreds of millions off-the-shelf trivial while pretending to keep their hands clean.
www.404media.co/email/0ba0f6...
www.404media.co/email/0ba0f6...
ICE to Buy Tool that Tracks Locations of Hundreds of Millions of Phones Every Day
Documents show that ICE has gone back on its decision to not use location data remotely harvested from peoples' phones. The database is updated every day with billions of pieces of location data.
www.404media.co
November 13, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Of course, there's only limited need for the app to broadcast any kind of data because Apple and Google have done the work to make tracking hundreds of millions off-the-shelf trivial while pretending to keep their hands clean.
www.404media.co/email/0ba0f6...
www.404media.co/email/0ba0f6...
Given that you are almost Norwegian, i guess you get some pleasure from seeing 🇳🇴 in the world cup next year?
November 13, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Given that you are almost Norwegian, i guess you get some pleasure from seeing 🇳🇴 in the world cup next year?
So that explains why you started showing up the "wrong" place in my feed 🤪 Happy time zone hopping!
November 12, 2025 at 10:15 AM
So that explains why you started showing up the "wrong" place in my feed 🤪 Happy time zone hopping!
And I guess it's normal working people that will pay the bill (through their pension funds) when it all crashes.
November 11, 2025 at 12:42 PM
And I guess it's normal working people that will pay the bill (through their pension funds) when it all crashes.