Germans don't utter BfV much, and I suspect if you tested ten-thousand Germans....fewer than fifty might give you some basic description. If you utter 'The Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution'....then most Germans will tell you a basic three line description. They work along the lines of what an American would say is the FBI, and Federal Marshals mission.
The 'agents' of BfV? There are sixteen state 'devices', along with the BND (their version of the CIA), and Military Counter-Intelligence (MAD).
Once they assess someone, or some group....the file is opened and they asses open data (newspaper article, agendas printed by the group, court-delivered documents, etc). After that, they move to clandestine situations (by the law)....which means surveillance, IDing vehicle plates, going over fake front companies or charities. They can also go at Internet providers, banks, and airline data. Then at the last method....they can approach a special Bundestag group (called the G-10 Comission) and get permission to conduct phone taps.
Who gets onto this surveillance listing? AfD (the political party), various radical Muslim groups, far-left radicals, far-right radicals, Neo-Nazi groups, soccer hooligan groups, Antifa, countries or companies participating in industrial espionage against German companies, criminal gangs, terror groups, cult groups, money-laundering groups, etc.
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