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It’s pretty dangerous according to German law to disclose security issues.
by wirrbel 3y ago
It’s pretty dangerous according to German law to disclose security issues.
- joshuaissac 3y agoFrom earlier this month: German Court Fines Security Researcher for Reporting a Company's Data Vulnerabilities https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39098969 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39098969
- mass_and_energy 3y agoThis is why I need the CCC in my life
- sparrowInHand 3y agoBut they have no big influence, they just play the courtjester to a forever demented king.
- meinheld111 3y agoThou it would be worse without a jester
- riedel 3y agoAnd it is in this sense kind of a smart move if you do not want to pay for a lawyer and there is no bug bounty program with T&Cs: journalists can protect their sources. However, you then somehow need to make sure that they waive potential hacking charges. Funnily in the quoted case one of the reasons for the fines was damages related to involving the press.
- rurban 3y ago> journalists can protect their sources. But in this case not. He must have been pretty worried about German lawyers and courts, which decided really strange lately.
- Thorrez 3y agoWouldn't it be even more dangerous to report them to a journalist?