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68040
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on: December 26, 2023, 15:34
I came across this rather bizarre piece of German judiciary, which essentially states that even password protecting your data doesn't mean its protected under the law. For in Germany data can not be stolen (as it is immaterial) and only the bypassing of protective measures is considered "punishable". But that protection must include more than just the clear content of the data's owner. The courts demand it must also not be crackable by commonly available means. Which, given the abundance of hacking suites (often developed as spying tools with government assistance), makes it next to impossible for an average user to effectively protect his virtual living room from unauthorized access. I honestly wasn't aware that I needed to protect my hard disks in the first place, to make any unauthorized access to my data a criminal offense. But the added demand that any protective measure must not be hackable with readily available tools makes this a never ending race between hedgehog and hare. Even on a state of the art system this would be a barrier difficult to overcome. On vintage systems this makes it open season for any data thief who gains access to your box. Imagine, all it takes to bypass standard logon protection is booting of a USB drive. That holds true for Windows, Linux and I guess most modern systems, too. I wonder how this situation looks in other countries? And how many of us are aware that carrying around unprotected or just barely secured data stores - like cell phones and organizers - might make us vulnerable to exploitation w/o prosecution of the offender? I find it weird to the extreme, that the Motion Picture Association can get your house raided for copying somebody's movie w/o express authorization. Yet all the district attorneys of an industrial nation like Germany couldn't file a single claim against a thief who stole my life from my very own hard drive - because I didn't put military grade encryption on it. 
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Last Edit: December 26, 2023, 15:39 by 68040
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