Wolfie Christl
@wchr.bsky.social
Public-interest researcher at Cracked Labs | Research fellow at Citizen Lab | Vienna, Austria | Tech and society. Tracking, surveillance, data economy, platform power, algorithmic decisions, datafication of work.
wolfie.crackedlabs.org/en
wolfie.crackedlabs.org/en
Dug this stuff out of a dusty old box and am putting it in a new one, probably won’t see the light of day for another 20 years ,)
October 30, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Dug this stuff out of a dusty old box and am putting it in a new one, probably won’t see the light of day for another 20 years ,)
Back then, I was attending some kind of high school with a focus on electronic/information engineering, and either I was too slow or our teachers were too ambitious or both ;)
But we also got things completed, for example this Intel 8032/8051 board 🤖
But we also got things completed, for example this Intel 8032/8051 board 🤖
October 30, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Back then, I was attending some kind of high school with a focus on electronic/information engineering, and either I was too slow or our teachers were too ambitious or both ;)
But we also got things completed, for example this Intel 8032/8051 board 🤖
But we also got things completed, for example this Intel 8032/8051 board 🤖
Pay or ok? Why Europe’s data watchdogs must reject “forced consent”
www.iccl.ie/digital-data...
www.iccl.ie/digital-data...
Pay or ok? Why Europe's data watchdogs must reject "forced consent"
Case law and enforcement decisions show that Europe's data watchdogs already have all the evidence they need to reject Pay or OK
www.iccl.ie
October 22, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Pay or ok? Why Europe’s data watchdogs must reject “forced consent”
www.iccl.ie/digital-data...
www.iccl.ie/digital-data...
Depending on what I'm looking for I use all of them, including Bing, Yandex and aggregators.
October 22, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Depending on what I'm looking for I use all of them, including Bing, Yandex and aggregators.
My typical use case is finding results for specific terms or confirming that there're none. Even without "AI", this often doesn't work anymore. Search is broken, also in 'verbatim' mode and when adding +".
With “AI”, it often just fabricates fake evidence trying to confirm what my search suggests.
With “AI”, it often just fabricates fake evidence trying to confirm what my search suggests.
October 22, 2025 at 3:40 PM
My typical use case is finding results for specific terms or confirming that there're none. Even without "AI", this often doesn't work anymore. Search is broken, also in 'verbatim' mode and when adding +".
With “AI”, it often just fabricates fake evidence trying to confirm what my search suggests.
With “AI”, it often just fabricates fake evidence trying to confirm what my search suggests.
DPAs must also "act against the other source of behavioural profiles: the tech platforms [who] have bundled behavioural profiling with service provision"
In any case, "studies to quantify the economic impact of removing tracking data on publisher income are based on flawed pricing assumptions".
In any case, "studies to quantify the economic impact of removing tracking data on publisher income are based on flawed pricing assumptions".
October 22, 2025 at 1:21 PM
DPAs must also "act against the other source of behavioural profiles: the tech platforms [who] have bundled behavioural profiling with service provision"
In any case, "studies to quantify the economic impact of removing tracking data on publisher income are based on flawed pricing assumptions".
In any case, "studies to quantify the economic impact of removing tracking data on publisher income are based on flawed pricing assumptions".
And the surveillance vendor originates from ...Austria! Today it seems to be Austrian-German with affiliates in Indonesia and Dubai.
Much of the SS7 tracking went via Telecom Liechtenstein, back then owned by Telekom Austria (partly owned by the Austrian state):
www.derstandard.at/story/310000...
Much of the SS7 tracking went via Telecom Liechtenstein, back then owned by Telekom Austria (partly owned by the Austrian state):
www.derstandard.at/story/310000...
Big Brother aus Österreich: Die Firma, die Handys weltweit überwachte
Eine verdeckte Recherche legt offen, wie mit der Technik eines deutsch-österreichischen Unternehmens Politiker, Journalisten und Prominente getrackt wurden
www.derstandard.at
October 14, 2025 at 6:45 PM
And the surveillance vendor originates from ...Austria! Today it seems to be Austrian-German with affiliates in Indonesia and Dubai.
Much of the SS7 tracking went via Telecom Liechtenstein, back then owned by Telekom Austria (partly owned by the Austrian state):
www.derstandard.at/story/310000...
Much of the SS7 tracking went via Telecom Liechtenstein, back then owned by Telekom Austria (partly owned by the Austrian state):
www.derstandard.at/story/310000...
The surveillance system was used to track journalists, politicians, oligarchs, diplomats, prosecutors, managers, hollywood stars including in the US and Europe.
Clients included e.g. Belarus, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, UAE and Uzbekistan, according to the investigation.
Clients included e.g. Belarus, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, UAE and Uzbekistan, according to the investigation.
October 14, 2025 at 6:29 PM
The surveillance system was used to track journalists, politicians, oligarchs, diplomats, prosecutors, managers, hollywood stars including in the US and Europe.
Clients included e.g. Belarus, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, UAE and Uzbekistan, according to the investigation.
Clients included e.g. Belarus, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, UAE and Uzbekistan, according to the investigation.
70+ journalists from 14 outlets examined a set of 1.5m internal location tracking records that show how the company's tech was used to surveil 14,000 phones/people in 160 countries, mainly 2007-2014. Plus, the journalists made it undercover to ISS World:
www.lighthousereports.com/investigatio...
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
www.lighthousereports.com
October 14, 2025 at 6:13 PM
70+ journalists from 14 outlets examined a set of 1.5m internal location tracking records that show how the company's tech was used to surveil 14,000 phones/people in 160 countries, mainly 2007-2014. Plus, the journalists made it undercover to ISS World:
www.lighthousereports.com/investigatio...
www.lighthousereports.com/investigatio...
"Algorithmisches Management via Smartphone. Digitale Steuerung und Kontrolle von Beschäftigten im Außendienst – von technischer Wartung bis mobile Pflege"
Die Studie gibts hier: crackedlabs.org/mobilearbeit
Die Studie gibts hier: crackedlabs.org/mobilearbeit
Algorithmisches Management via Smartphone
Digitale Steuerung und Kontrolle von Beschäftigten im Außendienst – von technischer Wartung bis mobile Pflege
crackedlabs.org
September 1, 2025 at 6:04 PM
"Algorithmisches Management via Smartphone. Digitale Steuerung und Kontrolle von Beschäftigten im Außendienst – von technischer Wartung bis mobile Pflege"
Die Studie gibts hier: crackedlabs.org/mobilearbeit
Die Studie gibts hier: crackedlabs.org/mobilearbeit
August 25, 2025 at 8:52 AM