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So nothing new. To the state all hackers (in the original meaning of this word) have been criminals since forever. Knowledge and skill are very dangerous traits

So nothing new. To the state all hackers (in the original meaning of this word) have been criminals since forever. Knowledge and skill are very dangerous traits, you know? In Germany we have even dedicated anti-hacker legislation. Hacking stuff is indeed illegal. You may end up in jail for "hacking"… That's likely "the freedom" they are always talking here about in the west. /s

andsoitis 3y ago
> In Germany we have even dedicated anti-hacker legislation. Where can I read it (I grok German)
- still_grokking 3y ago
  https://netzpolitik.org/2014/hackertools-im-it-sicherheitsgesetz/ https://netzpolitik.org/2014/hackertools-im-it-sicherheitsge... https://netzpolitik.org/2013/angriffe-auf-informationssysteme-eu-parlament-bringt-richtlinie-zu-europaweitem-hackerparagraf-auf-den-weg/ https://netzpolitik.org/2013/angriffe-auf-informationssystem... (Also the links there.) Or a more "official" statement (as the German Wikipedia is mostly in the hands of state authorities), with some groundless relativization: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vorbereiten_des_Aussp%C3%A4hens_und_Abfangens_von_Daten https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vorbereiten_des_Aussp%C3%A4hen... All "dual use" tools (like a simple port scanner!) can bring you into jail. That's a fact. The law doesn't have any exceptions for "friendly use"… (No matter what some "experts" cited on Wikipedia may say. That's just the usual German Wikipedia blow smoke…)