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If you live outside Germany and think this doesn't affect you, wait!

The <a href="http://conventions.coe.int/Treaty/EN/Treaties/HTML/185.htm">Convention on 
Cybercrime</a> was signed by non EU and non European countries too, and East European Countries as well as 
African and Arabic countries are planning to sign and ratify the Convention.

You can read learn more reading the 
<a href="http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/cybercrime/COEFAQs.htm">FAQ hosted by the United States 
Department of Justice</a>, or the 
<a href="http://www.epic.org/privacy/intl/ccc.html">comments by EPIC</a> (Electronic Privacy 
Information Center).



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Achtung! New German Laws on Cybercrime

by Federico Biancuzzi
2007-07-10

Germany is passing some new laws regarding cybercrime that might affect security professionals. Federico Biancuzzi 
interviewed Marco Gercke, one of the experts that was invited to the parliamentary hearing, to learn more about this 
delicate subject. They discussed what is covered by the new laws, which areas remain in the dark, and how they might 
affect vulnerability disclosure and the use of common tools, such as nmap.
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