RTL+ (de.rtlplus.app): 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
The full shipped code we have actually read, not an estimate.
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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RTL+
Private
2026-06-20
91d ago
Waiting
Critical
RTL+ hardcodes an access key directly into the app and still supports phones running an Android version from 2015, missing a decade of security improvements, on a platform that processes paid subscription billing. It also includes a component that can download and run new code after installation without that code ever going through Google Play's review process.
de.rtli.tvnow. A distinct Bertelsmann / RTL Group entity from TOGGO, disclosed separately with its own findings: hardcoded Firebase key, minSdk 22 (Android 5.1, released 2015) still accepted on a platform that processes subscription billing, and a Zipline JavaScript runtime capable of executing dynamically-fetched code outside Play Store review
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GDPR Art. 32(1)(b)GDPR Art. 32(1)(a)GDPR Art. 32(1)(b)+2
Yes
Closed
Disclosure
91d 00h 00m 00s
Published

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