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Who we are

An independent
English-language
voice on digital Germany.

Hab3r started because the information that actually exists in English about using tech products in Germany is a mess — scattered across Reddit threads, three years out of date, or produced by companies trying to sell you something. That seemed fixable.

What this site is

Hab3r covers the practical digital layer of life in Germany: mobile connectivity, banking apps, privacy tools, home technology. The focus is on things that work differently here than in other countries, or that have Germany-specific quirks worth knowing about.

The publication is run by Hab3r UG, a small registered company based in Hürth, North Rhine-Westphalia. There is no investor, no corporate parent, and no advertising. The site does not carry affiliate links.

Content is published in English because that is the language most expats and internationally mobile people in Germany default to. The German web is well-served by German-language tech journalism. The English-language web is not.

Person working on a laptop in a cafe setting, typical of remote work in Germany

Who writes here

Two contributors, both based in Germany, neither affiliated with any company covered on this site.

Leon Bauer
Mobile & fintech coverage

Leon spent six years in product roles at two German mobile virtual network operators before moving to independent research and writing. He has a particular interest in how carrier registration rules and number portability work across EU member states, and how neobanks are adapting their compliance stack to DACH requirements.

He covers: SIM registration, carrier comparisons, neobank products, digital identity.

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Marta Zwolinska
Privacy & home tech coverage

Marta worked in digital rights policy in Warsaw and Berlin for eight years, primarily on data retention legislation and GDPR implementation at the organizational level. She relocated to the Cologne area in 2022 and has been writing about privacy tools and smart home technology through the lens of German tenancy law and EU data regulation.

She covers: VPNs, smart home devices, GDPR, rental apartment tech.

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Editorial standards

Factual claims are checked before publication. When we reference specific prices, terms, or technical specifications, we link to the primary source. If something turns out to be wrong, it gets corrected and the correction is noted at the top of the piece.

Dispatch dates reflect when content was first published. Where content has been meaningfully updated, a reviewed date appears alongside. We do not silently update articles to change their conclusions.