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7/ @lighthousereports.com reporters went undercover—at a surveillance conference!—to see what kind of operations FirstWAP was willing to sell its tech for.

You have to see the footage: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfWy...
This Secret Tech Tracked World Leaders, a Vatican Enemy, and Maybe You
YouTube video by Mother Jones
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October 14, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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And don't miss the gripping mini-doc, featuring undercover footage captured by @lighthousereports.com: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfWy...
This Secret Tech Tracked World Leaders, a Vatican Enemy, and Maybe You
► For more, visit Mother Jones: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/10/firstwap-altamides-phone-tracking-surveillance-secrets-assad-erik-prince-jared-leto-anne-wojcicki/ Operating from their…
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October 15, 2025 at 3:44 PM
clarajeffery.bsky.social
7/ A small sampling of notable people who were tracked using Alatmides/FirstWAP tech. Why and by whom...unclear. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Who Was Tracked Altamides targeted a phone linked to actor Jared Leto four times in 2012. Five tracking attempts were made on a phone associated with Asma al-Assad, the ousted first lady of Syria, in 2013. Attempts were also made to track the phone of her sister-in-law. In 2009, 23andMe founder Anne Wojcicki was tracked more than 1,o00 times. In 2013, 18 attempts were made to track a phone linked to Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani, the former prime minister of Qatar.
October 14, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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FirstWAP is when I finally tried to do foreplay
clarajeffery.bsky.social Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · Oct 14
7/ A small sampling of notable people who were tracked using Alatmides/FirstWAP tech. Why and by whom...unclear. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Who Was Tracked Altamides targeted a phone linked to actor Jared Leto four times in 2012. Five tracking attempts were made on a phone associated with Asma al-Assad, the ousted first lady of Syria, in 2013. Attempts were also made to track the phone of her sister-in-law. In 2009, 23andMe founder Anne Wojcicki was tracked more than 1,o00 times. In 2013, 18 attempts were made to track a phone linked to Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani, the former prime minister of Qatar.
October 14, 2025 at 5:03 PM
hatr.bsky.social
Phenomenal investigation into SS7 and the major security risk it poses.

A company called FirstWAP marketed "Altamides", a tool to track people all over the world. Among the targets: politicians, CEOs (e.g. Anne Wojcicki), journalists, and many more

www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/u...
(S+) Tracking von Politikern und Journalisten: Die dubiosen Geschäfte einer Überwachungsfirma
Ein Unternehmen vermarktet ein Spionagesystem, mit dem sich Handys orten lassen. Eine Recherche zeigt nun, dass es massenhaft eingesetzt wurde, um Enthüllungsjournalisten, Staatsanwälte und Minister a...
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October 14, 2025 at 3:05 PM
jett-black.bsky.social
motherjones.com/politics/2025/10/cellphone-surveillance-firstwap-lighthouse-reports/
A young reporter discovers a mysterious trove of data that exposes a global surveillance empire
In a major investigation, a young reporter uncovers a powerful technology used to spy on thousands of people across the world.
www.motherjones.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:15 AM
blubinsky.bsky.social
#Tracking #Software
#Altamides #FirstWap
#illegaleÜberwachung
🚨 #Palantir verhindern!

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October 24, 2025 at 11:00 AM
margevonmarge.bsky.social
Surveillance software being sold which can track individuals based on phone numbers even when they have done nothing wrong, putting themselves and people they meet in possible danger, depending on who buys the software they are selling. www.lighthousereports.com/methodology/... #firstWAP #spyware
How First Wap Tracks Phones Around the World
From telecom protocols to a 1.5 million row dataset, here’s how we uncovered the reach and tactics of a mercenary phone-tracking company
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October 14, 2025 at 10:58 PM
newsforfuture.bsky.social
#Österreich: Enthüllungsbericht deckt internationalen Einsatz von Spionagesoftware auf
orf.at/stories/3408...
In Österreich gebe es auffällig viele Nachverfolgungen von hochrangigen Mitarbeitern im Red Bull Media House
#FirstWap #RedBull
Enthüllungsbericht deckt Einsatz von Spionagesoftware auf
orf.at
October 15, 2025 at 5:11 PM
bruno-renkin.bsky.social
Despotism as a service #FirstWap #Altamides #NSOGroup
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The surveillance empire that tracked world leaders, a Vatican enemy, and maybe you
Inside the hidden world of First Wap, whose untraceable tech has targeted politicians, journalists, celebrities, and activists around the globe.
www.motherjones.com
October 16, 2025 at 7:46 AM
cryearth.eurosky.social
'... the largest, glitziest, and busiest booths advertised access to people’s phones.'
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

#surveillance #SurveillanceIndustry #ISSWorldTraining #intelligence #privacy #FirstWap #TechFascism #LegalizedCriminality
The surveillance empire that tracked world leaders, a Vatican enemy, and maybe you
Inside the hidden world of First Wap, whose untraceable tech has targeted politicians, journalists, celebrities, and activists around the globe.
www.motherjones.com
December 1, 2025 at 1:13 PM
cryearth.eurosky.social
'What we found changes what we know about the history of surveillance technology, demonstrating the proliferation of dangerous tools'
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

#Altamides #surveillance #SurveillanceIndustry #intelligence #privacy #FirstWap #TechFascism #LegalizedCriminality
The surveillance empire that tracked world leaders, a Vatican enemy, and maybe you
Inside the hidden world of First Wap, whose untraceable tech has targeted politicians, journalists, celebrities, and activists around the globe.
www.motherjones.com
December 1, 2025 at 2:06 PM
richardram.bsky.social
Long read.

Https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/10/firstwap-altamides-phone-tracking-surveillance-secrets-assad-erik-prince-jared-leto-anne-wojcicki/
The surveillance empire that tracked world leaders, a Vatican enemy, and maybe you
Inside the hidden world of First Wap, whose untraceable tech has targeted politicians, journalists, celebrities, and activists around the globe.
www.motherjones.com
October 18, 2025 at 4:29 PM
blubinsky.bsky.social
Und auch wie man sich als #Apple User wenigstens ein bisschen schützen kann:

#Überwachung durch #FirstWap und #Altamides
Wie die Überwachung von Red Bull, Ambros und Co funktionierte und wie man sich schützen kann
Das veraltete SS7-Protokoll diente der Überwachungsfirma First Wap als Einfallstor in Mobilfunknetze. Dieses loszuwerden ist unrealistisch, Schutzmöglichkeiten gibt es trotzdem
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October 24, 2025 at 11:00 AM
carstenpe.bsky.social
Heimlich überwacht? Dein Handy als #Spion #frontal

Stell dir vor, dein Chef weiß über alles Bescheid, was du mit deinem Handy machst – egal, ob im Büro, zu Hause oder beim Feiern bist. Software der Firma #FirstWAP soll das möglich sein.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcnw...
#LighthouseReports
Heimlich überwacht? Dein Handy als Spion | frontal
YouTube video by frontal
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October 19, 2025 at 5:23 AM
fkasten.bsky.social
“Dubiose Geschäfte einer Überwachungsfirma

Ein Unternehmen vermarktet ein Spionagesystem, mit dem sich Handys orten lassen. Eine Recherche zeigt, dass es massenhaft eingesetzt wurde, um Enthüllungsjournalisten… auszuspähen” @spiegel.de -Recherche www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/u... #Altamides #firstwap
(S+) Tracking von Politikern und Journalisten: Die dubiosen Geschäfte einer Überwachungsfirma
Ein Unternehmen vermarktet ein Spionagesystem, mit dem sich Handys orten lassen. Eine Recherche zeigt nun, dass es massenhaft eingesetzt wurde, um Enthüllungsjournalisten, Staatsanwälte und Minister a...
www.spiegel.de
October 14, 2025 at 5:10 PM
blubinsky.bsky.social
Im Zuge des internationalen Projekts "Surveillance Secrets" hat ein 30-köpfiges Recherchekonsortium aus 14 Medienhäusern in elf Ländern enthüllt, wie die #Überwachungsfirma #FirstWap wohl über Jahre ermöglicht hat, Tausende Menschen zu überwachen – ohne deren Wissen.

#Überwachung
Überwachungsaffäre rund um First Wap: Das sind die Spuren, die nach Österreich führen
Auch die heutige "SN"-Chefredakteurin, ein ÖVP-Politiker und weitere Österreicherinnen und Österreicher wurden über das Tool der austro-indonesischen Firma überwacht
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October 17, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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The Surveillance Empire That Tracked World Leaders, a Vatican Enemy, and Maybe You – Mother Jones https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/10/firstwap-altamides-phone-tracking-surveillance-secrets-assad-erik-prince-jared-leto-anne-wojcicki/
The Surveillance Empire That Tracked World Leaders, a Vatican Enemy, and Maybe You
“The problem is the export license, huh? For this we can find a…a way.” It was early June and Guenther Rudolph was in an expansive mood. Sharp-suited, relaxed, and charming, he was standing in a booth in Prague’s Clarion Congress Hotel. Every year the Clarion hosts an exclusive gathering: the premier get-together of the surveillance […]
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October 15, 2025 at 10:39 AM
towerblockwalks.bsky.social
They also gave us FirstWap.
February 19, 2026 at 7:51 AM
latitude77.bsky.social
Surveillance Secrets - Lighthouse Reports #location #tracking #surveillance #altamides #dystopia #firstwap #smartphone #ss7
October 17, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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The Surveillance Empire That Tracked World Leaders, a Vatican Enemy, and Maybe You – Mother Jones https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/10/firstwap-altamides-phone-tracking-surveillance-secrets-assad-erik-prince-jared-leto-anne-wojcicki/
The surveillance empire that tracked world leaders, a Vatican enemy, and maybe you
Inside the hidden world of First Wap, whose untraceable tech has targeted politicians, journalists, celebrities, and activists around the globe.
www.motherjones.com
October 15, 2025 at 2:57 AM
crawler.baldanders.info
＞ First Wap: A Surveillance Computer You’ve Never Heard Of
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/10/first-wap-a-surveillance-computer-youve-never-heard-of.html
First Wap: A Surveillance Computer You’ve Never Heard Of
<p><i>Mother Jones</i> has a <a href="https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/10/firstwap-altamides-phone-tracking-surveillance-secrets-assad-erik-prince-jared-leto-anne-wojcicki/">long article</a> on surveillance arms manufacturers, their wares, and how they avoid export control laws:</p> <blockquote><p>Operating from their base in Jakarta, where permissive export laws have allowed their surveillance business to flourish, First Wap&#8217;s European founders and executives have quietly built a phone-tracking empire, with a footprint extending from the Vatican to the Middle East to Silicon Valley.</p> <p>It calls its proprietary system Altamides, which it describes in promotional materials as &#8220;a unified platform to covertly locate the whereabouts of single or multiple suspects in real-time, to detect movement patterns, and to detect whether suspects are in close vicinity with each other.&#8221;...</p></blockquote>
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October 27, 2025 at 3:40 PM
jonne.arjoranta.fi
Ah, fresh hell to spice up the boring old hell.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/10/firstwap-altamides-phone-tracking-surveillance-secrets-assad-erik-prince-jared-leto-anne-wojcicki/
The Surveillance Empire That Tracked World Leaders, a Vatican Enemy, and Maybe You
“The problem is the export license, huh? For this we can find a…a way.” It was early June and Guenther Rudolph was in an expansive mood. Sharp-suited, relaxed, and charming, he was standing in a booth in Prague’s Clarion Congress Hotel. Every year the Clarion hosts an exclusive gathering: the premier get-together of the surveillance […]
www.motherjones.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:28 AM
webrecordmedia.bsky.social
First Wap adlı gizli bir gözetleme şirketinin ağı ortaya çıkarıldı

#spyware #firstwap #surveillance

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First Wap adlı gizli bir gözetleme şirketinin ağı ortaya çıkarıldı
Diğer gözetleme araçlarına nazaran piramidin ortasında yer alan ve sessiz sedasız bir şekilde dünya çapında telefon takip imparatorluğu kuran ve merkezi Jakarta'da bulunan First Wap'ın ağı ortaya çıka...
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October 25, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/10/firstwap-altamides-phone-tracking-surveillance-secrets-assad-erik-prince-jared-leto-anne-wojcicki/
The Surveillance Empire That Tracked World Leaders, a Vatican Enemy, and Maybe You
“The problem is the export license, huh? For this we can find a…a way.” It was early June and Guenther Rudolph was in an expansive mood. Sharp-suited, relaxed, and charming, he was standing in a booth in Prague’s Clarion Congress Hotel. Every year the Clarion hosts an exclusive gathering: the premier get-together of the surveillance […]
www.motherjones.com
October 15, 2025 at 8:54 PM