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Researchers from the Technical University of Darmstadt and the University of Würzburg show that popular mobile messengers expose personal data via discovery services that allow users to find contacts based on phone numbers from their address book.

Some government agencies that use the software said they were surprised that Google may pick up the locations of certain app users. Others said they had unsuccessfully pushed Google to make a change. Read about Prof. Dr. Dmitrienko's take in this scenario.

How secure is the German government's Corona Warning app, which has been available for download since this Tuesday? Prof. Dr. Dmitrienko has discovered some security gaps.

The Bavarian TV news program “17:30 SAT.1 Bayern” featured the Secure Software Systems research group and the TraceCORONA project.