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suspected of having exported state malware without the required authorization Wow.
by FerretFred 6y ago
suspected of having exported state malware without the required authorization
Wow.
- blackbear_ 6y agoIt's a thing. To use the University cluster, I have to sign an agreement every year promising to adhere to said regulations [1,2] [1]: https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_awg/index.html https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_awg/index.html [2]: https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_awv/index.html https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_awv/index.html
- sneeze-slayer 6y agoYou have to agree to not export state malware for your university? Seems a bit intense to me; I don't remember doing anything like that for my university. It's nice that they have English translations of the laws, though.
- BLKNSLVR 6y agoSuch a fine line isn't it. State malware wasn't the problem. It was the authorisation defining which customers are OK and which aren't. They would have only been mostly morally bankrupt if they'd stuck to the list.
- PeterisP 6y agoIt's like with weapons export - in general, in most countries you can manufacture and sell military-grade weapons abroad, however, you must obtain a permit from your government which will vet which of your foreign customers are acceptable and which would go against the government political interests and thus are taboo.
- sangnoir 6y agoIt's not a surprising sentence if you consider how states perceive cyberspace: malware-as-munition. Just as German companies cant export guns, bombs or other military hardware without authorization, same goes for state-developed malware.