10 April 2025 – 18:30 – Members only – UZH, Zurich
General Assembly 2025
On the 10th of Aprile we had our first General Assembly and it was amazing to reconnect with our members.
We discussed and presented several topics about what has happened so far and what will happen in the near future of OSINT Switzerland.
We had the pleasure and honour to officially announce Leyla Ciragan as our first Advisory Board member. As we said during the meeting, it was love at first sight. From the moment we met Leyla, she fit in perfectly as a missing piece of the puzzle with her knowledge, attitude and ideas!
Our one and only Roman Schneider implemented in the past months and introduced our new association digital member JoeSint, a Discord bot who will:
- Challenge our members with intriguing mysteries, geolocation puzzles
- Help create and manage teams for OSINT competitions
- Keep us informed about upcoming events
Finally, we had the opportunity to listen to a fascinating presentation by Keto Schumacher. He gave us a behind-the-scenes look at SRF Data’s research “Tracking mobile phones with advertising data”.
We would like to thank everyone who supports us and helps to shape the future of the association!
On the 10th of April at 18.30 at the UZH in Zurich we’ll be hosting our first annual General Assembly.
Address: University of Zurich, Rämistrasse 71, 8006 Zürich
The agenda will be the following:
- 18:30 – 19:15 General Assembly
- 19:15 – 19:45 Talk
- 19:45 – 20:00 Q&A
- 20:00 – 21:45 Apero
We also have a surprise for you to give you one more reason to join us and shape the future of the Association.
Keto Schumacher will give a behind-the-scenes look at SRF Data’s research “Tracking mobile phones with advertising data”. SRF Data’s research sheds light on the advertising industry’s trace in mobile phone data. How can the locations of millions of Swiss mobile phones be obtained? And what strategies were used to deanonymize this data? The reported also reveals how to protect yourself from tracking.
Article: https://www.srf.ch/news/schweiz/tracking-mit-ortungsdiensten-der-spion-in-unseren-handys
Keto Schumacher works as a data journalist for the Swiss broadcasting company SRF. He has a background in political science and used to work as parliamentary correspondent and investigative reporter before joining SRF Data.
Active participation in the general assembly will only be possible on site. The talk will be streamed as usual on the Discord member stage.
We are looking forward to see you!