Der Standard (derstandard.at.istandardx): Privacy & Security Findings

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On behalf of our research partners, we investigate publicly distributed Android and iOS apps: we decompile them, follow their code and data flows, and trace every connection to the servers it reaches. Hundreds of agents work through each app and join the technical evidence into one picture, which our specialists then review and verify.

387+
Android/iOS apps audited
Every app is decompiled at source-code level, not just scanned from outside.
1.04M+
Smali classes read
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262+
Critical findings recorded
Confirmed findings copied to regulators, not theoretical risks.
970+
Weak points found
Third-party tracking we have provably found inside the binary.
567+
Endpoints investigated
Real servers and countries where data actually flows.
132+
SDK instances mapped
Reusable libraries correlated across the entire corpus.
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Der Standard
Private
2026-06-27
90d ago
Silent
Medium
Austria's leading online newspaper tells Play Store users directly that it shares no data with third parties, but a technical analysis of the actual app found tracking tools starting before consent and a hardcoded access key hidden inside it, directly contradicting what readers are told.
Austrian online newspaper self-reports "Keine Daten werden mit Drittunternehmen geteilt" in Play Store data safety section - root-level code analysis found pre-consent SDK auto-init and hardcoded Firebase API key contradicting this self-declaration. derstandard.at. BCC: DSB + CERT.at.
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