Re: New anti-hacking law in Germany

["Kurt Grutzmacher" <grutz () jingojango net>]

At the CCC Camp there was a lot of chatter about it, mostly waiting
for a prosecution attempt with the law since it's not been tested yet.
All felt it was very chilling but nothing that wasn't expected from a
knee-jerk reactionary group of lawmakers who don't understand
technology.

We shot a potato gun at SCO CDs to vent our frustration and increase
joy however. That helped a lot. :)

http://events.ccc.de/camp/2007/Hax0rcise%21
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mlcastle/1091091307/in/set-72157601319930122/

If you take your stuff to Germany, store it on an encrypted drive just
to be safe (paranoid). The law isn't really that clear AFAIK so
enforcement could be a real big problem. Phenoelit has already made
the political statement by moving everything of theirs to a U.S.
server at http://www.phenoelit-us.org/ - they didn't want to be the
first test case. :)


On 8/14/07, rms () computerbytesman com <rms () computerbytesman com> wrote:
> Looks like I can't bring my laptop or my keyring USB flash drive of useful
> utilities into Germany anymore.
>
> Has anyone in the German government said anything about the concerns of IT
> security people in Germany about this new law?
>
> Also is there an English translation anywhere of the problematically
> language in this new law?
>
> Richard
>
>
> > To share some related references to the list:
> >
> > German Security Professionals in the Mist
> > http://www.beskerming.com/commentary/2007/08/12/249/German_Security_Professionals_in_the_Mist
> >
> > Month of PHP Bugs exploits are gone - or are they?
> > http://blogs.securiteam.com/?p=978
> >
> > - Juha-Matti
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