Financial Times: Spy agencies buy bulk data to assess potential targets (Dr. Thorsten Wetzling)

Drawing from his newly published interface study surveying 11 European intelligence regulators, Dr. Thorsten Wetzling in this Financial Times features highlighted how spy agencies are increasingly supplementing traditional wiretaps with commercial advertising intelligence (Adint). He warned that these state entities, occasionally utilizing front companies to mask their identities, purchase continuously updated streams of highly sensitive consumer profiles, exploiting outdated surveillance laws drafted in the wake of the 2013 Edward Snowden leaks.