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No. Germany (and the UK) applied the American drafted European legislation that says it is illegal to distribute software that could be used to break into compu
by konad 16y ago
No. Germany (and the UK) applied the American drafted European legislation that says it is illegal to distribute software that could be used to break into computers.
http://www.securityfocus.com/brief/567 http://www.securityfocus.com/brief/567
http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2007/08/new_german_hack.html http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2007/08/new_german_hac...
This has had a chilling effect already
for instance
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydra_%28software%29 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydra_%28software%29
On September 2007, to comply with new German laws regarding distribution of hacking tools to the public, THC stopped making the program available.
- sathyabhat 16y agoI see. I was not aware of this, thanks for the details.