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by heinrich5991 3725 days ago
Can you elaborate?
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https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2007/08/new_german_ha...

Germany introduced a poorly-worded cybercrime law that basically made all network tools illegal (including nmap, wi-spy), but also disassemblers, on the basis that they "could be used in digital crime".

It's similar to making cars illegal because of a traffic fatality.

He's wrong. Using hacking tools for attacks is illegal. Using Wireshark for network analysis is fine.

It's more about the intent than about what software you use.