KisMAC Developer Discontinues Project

mgv writes to let us know that the lead developer of KisMAC, a passive wireless network discovery tool for Mac OS X, is discontinuing the project. Michael Rossberg lives in Germany and that country has recently passed laws that would make his participation dangerous. He urges visitors to take a copy of KisMAC and its source as long as the site is up, so that development might be continued outside the US or EU. From the website: "There has not been a lot of time for KisMAC lately. However the motivation for this drastic step [lies] somewhere different. German laws change and are being adapted for 'better' protection against something politicians obviously do not understand. It will become illegal to develop, use or even posses KisMAC in this banana republic [i.e., Germany]."

Comments

Re:Its a cracking tool

[bky1701]

50$ in the right person's pocket.

Guns...

[NEOtaku17]

My German friends laughed at me because of my guns.
"Why would you need that unless you are going to kill someone?" they said.
"To protect myself from others who have them" I said.
"Then why don't they make them illegal?" they said.

I wonder if people will ever understand that criminals don't care about the law. After all, if they did they wouldn't be criminals. Outlawing things like this only hurts the good guys.

Re:Guns...

[Suicyco]

Well, guns are only used to kill. Thats their sole purpose. I say so what? Taking away my right to possess killing devices doesn't remove them from the people I most need them for. Namely criminals and the armed authorities. The whole reason a populace needs guns is to allow them to remove those in power should that become necessary. I don't care about hunting. I care about having an equalizer that allows me and my fellow citizens to retake power. No, not retake. To reinforce who really has the true power. No government ever can control an unwilling populace, and they know that. Fortunately for them, most people are willing to take it up the ass. But that doesn't last forever. That is the true fear of any government. It is not foreign invaders. It is their own people. All revolutions come from within. As they should.

Replacement?

[tecker]

Does anyone know of a good replacement for KisMAC. In my opinion it was the best one out there and now that the project is being discontinued I will have to live with the crapshoot that was the passive Atheros drivers.

Can anyone recommend a replacement?

Re:As someone with dual citizienship and..

[Doctor_Jest]

Yeah, whatever. You don't want to exercise your 2nd Amendment right? That's your choice.

Don't piss on those who do. Remember, the Bill of Rights isn't a document that "grants" these rights... it's a document that _SPELLS OUT_ the rights, so that everyone can see the rights you HAVE, regardless of government.

The people who intend on dismantling them need an unarmed populace in order to accomplish it. Even Jefferson advocated revolution... when the government no longer served the people's needs.

Government is set up at our convenience. We control whether it lives or dies. And the Constitution is ours... not theirs.