Million dollar deal with surveillance company: Government in Austria wants to be able to track people with illegal data

Did cell phone location data arouse the desires of Austria's Interior Minister Gerhard Karner (ÖVP)? – Portrait: IMAGO / photonews.at; Graphical elements: Pixabay; Montage: netzpolitik.orgThe Webloc tool is supposed to be able to spy on people based on their cell phone locations. Known customers so far include the US deportation militia ICE and the voted-out Orbán government in Hungary. Now it is clear: Austria has also taken action.