mastodon 4.5.18Italian NGOs defending privacy and digital rights against surveillance.
We run Tor Exit Relays as AS214094.
We develop Bugbane, the Andorid consensual forensic app.
How do commercial phone unlocking tools like Cellebrite actually work?
In this technical overview, we explore the attack surfaces exposed by modern mobile devices, how those tools exploit them, and what can be done to better defend our privacy rights.
"Inside Italy’s low-cost spyware economy", our latest advocacy piece with @edri@eupolicy.social.
An analysis of our recent researches into Italy’s infection addiction.
https://edri.org/our-work/inside-italys-low-cost-spyware-economy/
Today we are releasing an analysis of Morpheus, a low-cost, highly sophisticated Android spyware made in Italy.
Among its features, the spyware disables the microphone/camera indicator, connects locally to ADB, and eludes WhatsApp fingerprint verification.
https://osservatorionessuno.org/blog/2026/04/morpheus-a-new-spyware-linked-to-ips-intelligence/
A look back at 2025: what we built, what we learned, and a sneak peak on what we will bring next year.
See you at #39C3 !
In the meantime read the full recap on our blog:
https://osservatorionessuno.org/blog/2025/12/edri-an-isp-and-a-packed-agenda/
We are announcing Bugbane, an open-source Android app that makes consensual mobile forensics more accessible. It's compatible with MVT and AndroidQF.
Now in an open-beta, we are calling for community feedbacks before a general public release by EOY!
https://osservatorionessuno.org/blog/2025/09/bugbane-simplifying-consensual-android-forensics/
Today we are publishing our analysis of the latest version of Spyrtacus, a spyware agent from SIO/ASIGINT, produced by the same company that was exposed distributing fake WhatsApp client by Meta
Read our analysis:
https://osservatorionessuno.org/blog/2026/04/italian-spyware-maker-sio-still-developing-and-distributing-spyrtacus/
No "simplification". No Digital Omnibus. No weakened GDPR, AI Act, and ePrivacy framework.
We will make no compromises on the digital rights we have fought for and gained.
Read EDRi open-letter that we signed along with 126 other organizations and NGOs.
https://edri.org/our-work/forthcoming-digital-omnibus-would-mark-point-of-no-return/
Our friends at Emerald Onion are on their journey to building diskless Tor relays!
A different approach than ours but equally interesting — check out their blog post.
@emeraldonion@disobey.net
Il rapporto del COPASIR sul caso Graphite solleva nuove domande.
Il trattamento che è stato riservato a giornalisti e attivisti è inaccettabile in uno stato democratico.
Chiediamo trasparenza, responsabilità e risposte concrete al problema della sorveglianza di stato.
The Spyware industry is out of control.
A spyware and zero-day company infected one of their former employee (that worked on making such spyware in the first place).
@abeorch @fdroidorg@floss.social @hackstub@kolektiva.social Yes, indeed. We are planning to release a first beta on F-Droid once we have a stable enough version, and then a public release by EOY :)
@hackstub@kolektiva.social
PS: we are also searching for (future) translators :)
Italian Data Protection Authority asked to spy on the Authority's employees’ email.
@cure53@infosec.exchange @GossiTheDog@cyberplace.social
I guess you too can go radical and be proud to serve no JavaScript either:
https://osservatorionessuno.org/
@shinobiwps@cyberplace.social dovrebbe essere nuovamente disponibile!
Are you attending Team CommUNITY’s Global Gathering? 🤩
Today we'll be hosting a booth on Bugbane, our new consensual mobile forensics app, between 15:30-17:30 at Booth 16.
Come find us to say hello, and learn all about Bugbane and Osservatorio Nessuno! 🚫🐞
Next events we will participate:
- WHY Camp - (08/08-12/08) Amsterdam/Alkmaar
- Global Gathering - (08/09-10/09) Estoril
- PrivacyCamp - (30/09) Brussels
- Chaos Communication Congress - (27/12-30/12) Hamburg
Come and meet us! 💫
