https://netzpolitik.org/2014/hackertools-im-it-sicherheitsgesetz/ https://netzpolitik.org/2014/hackertools-im-it-sicherheitsge... https://netzpolitik.org/2013/

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…)