• einkorn@feddit.org
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    14 days ago

    Yes, because any circumvention of any form of security, be it as useless as a hardcoded default password, is considered a crime in German law. So even the discovery of a security flaw puts you with one foot in jail, because technically you did something you are not supposed to.

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      14 days ago

      Time for some reform. Finding security holes is very important and benefits everyone.

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        14 days ago

        Not like there have been no initiatives. But given that our biggest party also sued after someone pointed out their technical fuck-ups it is not likely to happen.