Germany somehow wasted €35 million on 17,000 secure (but useless) phones

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The Ministry of Finance procured thousands of smartphones for customs – but the employees could never use them as planned.

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The Ministry of Finance invested millions in secure smartphones for customs – but the devices proved to be a flop in practice.

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The Bundesrechnungshof points to a particularly remarkable case of tax money wastage – especially in the Federal Ministry of Finance. Accordingly, from October 2021 to December 2022, the Federal Ministry of Finance (then Christian Lindner, FDP, Federal Minister of Finance) created 17,321 secure smartphones for the customs administration. The customs employees should communicate encryptedly only according to the specifications of the BSI. The new…

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The Ministry of Finance invested millions in secure smartphones for customs – but the devices proved to be a flop in practice.