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Perhaps I've misunderstood, but are you saying it's against the law to teach people about encryption in Germany? If so, what law is that? My understanding was
by Noctem 11y ago
Perhaps I've misunderstood, but are you saying it's against the law to teach people about encryption in Germany? If so, what law is that?
My understanding was that "with its strict privacy laws, Germany is the refuge of choice for those hounded by the security services."
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/nov/09/berlins-digital-exiles-tech-activists-escape-nsa http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/nov/09/berlins-digital...
- Nadya 11y agoI think they were talking about a demonstration of "why they should care". e.g.: perform a MITM attack on someone to show them why they should care Doing so breaks the law in many places, I imagine Germany included.
- mr_O 11y agoExactly! PPL don't care for encryption before I hack their WA/FB communications or show them the content of their "personal documents" folder... This makes an approach to teach them such important stuff much more difficult because it's rather theoretical. A real attacker wouldn't demonstrate that but just use the material he gains to make money in any way or destroy the lives/careers of the people. The law is called "Hackerparagraph" (https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vorbereiten_des_Ausspähens_und_Abfangens_von_Daten https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vorbereiten_des_Ausspähens_und...)