• einkorn@feddit.org
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    3
    ·
    3 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.

      • einkorn@feddit.org
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        3 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.