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Strict German Computer Crime Law Now in Effect

Posted by Zonk on from the going-to-jail-for-doing-your-job dept.

SkiifGeek writes "With little fanfare, section 202c of the German computer crime laws came into effect over the weekend. Worryingly for Security professionals, the laws make the mere possession of (creates, obtains or provides access to, sells, yields, distributes or otherwise allows access to) many useful tools illegal. A similar law was proposed for the UK, however it was modified prior to passing through parliament due to the outcry from the industry. Phenoelit, KisMAC, the CCC, and the Month of PHP Bugs are just some of the relatively high profile projects and groups to have already taken measures to remove or modify content under this law."

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  1. Very smart move by SamP2 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Germany is making sure that when they start a new world war, there will be no legal tools to crack their enigmas!

    1. Re:Very smart move by fbjon · · Score: 5, Funny
      You're like some damn Godwin-law-Nazi.


      There you go.

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      True confidence comes not from realising you are as good as your peers, but that your peers are as bad as you are.
  2. Insensitive, but... by Glowing+Fish · · Score: 5, Funny

    First they came for the botnet scripts, and I said nothing, because I was not a script kiddie
    Then they came for the portscanners, but I said nothing, because I was not trying to hack boxes
    Then they came for the packet sniffers, but I said nothing because I thought my firewall was strong enough
    Then they came for SATAN, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't an admin
    And then, they came for my elite box, and I had to go back to using my mom's e-Machine, and I cried and cried

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    Hopefully I didn't put any [] around my words.
  3. Time to SIGALRM before it's too late by dotslashdot · · Score: 5, Funny

    First they came for thread_id 0051, but I printed nothing to the console because that was not my thread.

    Then they came for process_id 0050, but I did not SIGTRP because I did not depend on that process.

    Then they came for process_id 0003, but I did not SIGALRM because my timer had not yet expired.

    When they came for me, there were no processes left from which to spawn.

  4. Re:There is no effective law against curiousity by iamdrscience · · Score: 5, Funny

    I believe it was Thomas Paine circa AD 1776 or so, who wrote: "In order that liberty be preserved, we must not allow oppression even unto our enemies, for in doing so we set a precedent that reaches back into ourselves."
    Yes, but it is to be expected that most people won't understand that because after all, like Thomas Paine said: "Time makes more converts than reason".

    That's right, I countered your Thomas Paine quote with another Thomas Paine quote. I'm challenging you to a Thomas Paine quote-off! May the best Thomas Paine quoter win! I urgently await your reply.