2/ The Federal Constitutional Court says: capturing data at the source (i.e. on someone's phone) is maximally invasive. Especially given how much of our lives happens online. They also surface the security risks to systems from this kind of surveillance.
3/ Watching Germany's highest court grapple with spyware's invasiveness & rights violations is instructive. States wielding spyware without robust legal limitations and tight judicial oversight... are almost guaranteed to be violating their citizens' basic rights.
4/ In most jurisdictions, state secrecy & lack of effective legal challenges means spyware harms = happening daily Huge credit to digital freedoms organization #Digitalcourage for bringing case. Read more @therecordmedia.bsky.social by @suzannesmalley.bsky.social therecord.media/germany-spyw...