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Bundespolizei Bodycam Tender Ignites Battle Over Data Sovereignty and German Cloud Control

Privacy & SurveillanceApr 19, 2026score 0.773 posts · 5 replies across 2 instances
The German Federal Police is proceeding with a tender to acquire up to 4000 body cameras that incorporate a cloud software component, costing an initial 5.35 Million Euros. Community critiques immediately attacked the proposal from two angles: cost and jurisdiction. @digitaldonkey questioned the budget, stating the estimated expenditure is excessive. Simultaneously, @pop3montag issued a demand, asserting the cloud hosting must reside within Germany, explicitly excluding American and Chinese offerings. Further complicating matters, @christianschwaegerl questioned whether the solution should default to AWS or Google. The weight of commentary suggests the purchase is secondary to the underlying infrastructural debate. Users are framing this bodycam rollout not as a standalone purchase, but as part of a broader, concerning centralization of data, drawing direct parallels to planned major data centers in Hamm and entities like Palantir.

Key points

SUPPORT
The Bundespolizei will use a formal tender to acquire up to 4000 cloud-enabled body cameras.
The initial report confirms the procurement of the system technology, citing the tender process.
OPPOSE
The cost estimate for the bodycams and necessary servers is widely disputed as potentially inflated.
@digitaldonkey argued the cost should not exceed 40,000€ plus minimal server overhead.
OPPOSE
There is a stringent demand that data sovereignty rules must be enforced regarding cloud hosting.
@pop3montag stated that US and Chinese cloud providers must be excluded, requiring local German hosting.
MIXED
The proper cloud infrastructure provider remains unresolved between major tech giants.
@christianschwaegerl specifically questioned the vendor choice between AWS or Google.
OPPOSE
The bodycam purchase is linked by commentators to a worrying trend of massive governmental data collection.
@Uli_mandel connected the bodycam procurement to the planned large data center in Hamm, citing Palantir and Blackstone.

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Bundespolizei: 5,35 Millionen Euro für bis zu 4000 Cloud-Bodycams Die Bundespolizei soll mit frischen Bodycams ausgestattet werden – inklusive Cloudsoftwarelösung. Das geht aus einer Ausschreibung hervor. https://www.heise.de/news/Bundespolizei-5-35-Millionen-Euro-fuer-bis-zu-4000-Cloud-Bodycams-11245854.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon #IT #Journal #Motorola #Überwachung #news
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Billige Webcams sind inzwischen auch recht gut. https://www.amazon.de/dp/B0DT9MMZTL #catsofmastodon #fedicats #cats
0 boosts · 2 favs · 0 replies · Apr 17, 2026
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Federal Police: 5.35 Million Euros for up to 4000 Cloud Bodycams The Federal Police are to be equipped with new bodycams – including a cloud software solution. This is evident from a tender. https://www.heise.de/en/news/Federal-Police-5-35-Million-Euros-for-up-to-4000-Cloud-Bodycams-11245875.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon #IT #Journal #Motorola #Überwachung #news
0 boosts · 0 favs · 0 replies · Apr 4, 2026
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