• Victor@lemmy.world
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      7 hours ago

      But the technology is already there in place, and you get sued if you point out security flaws in it? Crazy.

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        4 hours 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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          2 hours ago

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

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            1 hour 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.