[mr_O]

I use GPG/PGP sometimes and Telegram-Messenger often and cut all connections (Facebook, private Gmail, Whatsapp).

It seems that this is very unpopular because many ppl just don't care about "this NSA crap" and think of me like "tinfoil hat" when I tell them something about security.

I really would like to teach some lessons so they know what this is all about but therefore you have to break the law in germany... They are going on being lazy and just use "what everyone does", I'm disappointed by humanity sometimes.

[Noctem]

Perhaps I've misunderstood, but are you saying it's against the law to teach people about encryption in Germany? If so, what law is that?

My understanding was that "with its strict privacy laws, Germany is the refuge of choice for those hounded by the security services." http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/nov/09/berlins-digital...

[Nadya]

I think they were talking about a demonstration of "why they should care".

e.g.: perform a MITM attack on someone to show them why they should care

Doing so breaks the law in many places, I imagine Germany included.

[mr_O]

Exactly! PPL don't care for encryption before I hack their WA/FB communications or show them the content of their "personal documents" folder... This makes an approach to teach them such important stuff much more difficult because it's rather theoretical.

A real attacker wouldn't demonstrate that but just use the material he gains to make money in any way or destroy the lives/careers of the people.

The law is called "Hackerparagraph" (https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vorbereiten_des_Ausspähens_und...)