Tough talk from UK regulator @Ofcom around surveillance actors' access to phone networks - notable because it highlights the UK as one of world's most dangerous conduits for global location tracking and account cracking ofcom.org.uk/phones-and-bro… The report looks at "GT leasing": what happens when phone companies rent out their "Global Titles", the mobile network access nodes allocated to them by the regulator. As many revelations over the years have shown, GT leasing is a cesspool, and the Ofcom report acknowledges this

Spyware companies usually like to fly under the radar. Here's a story about one that didn't. lighthousereports.nl/investigation/… Since last summer thanks to @FbdnStories and friends the most notorious name in hacking software has been Israel's NSO Group. They got into big trouble: sanctioned by the US gov, sued by Apple, scrutinised by the EU parliament.

Meet Tykelab - the surveillance company tracking people around the world from a small office in Rome … via the Pacific Ocean. lighthousereports.nl/investigation/… From its website you’d think it’s just another telecom services provider - not a lynchpin of the European intercept industry.