Yellow Flag on Nostr: And the second instance confirms the ruling. 🙄 There will be more instances but ...
And the second instance confirms the ruling. 🙄 There will be more instances but this is disappointing.
Apparently, the matter of the publicly available password wasn’t discussed at all. It was all about illegitimate access to data, regardless of inadequate data protection. Guilty in the sense of the law.
This law was about to be adjusted, defusing it for security researchers. Unfortunately, with the German government breaking up it’s unclear whether that change can still happen. It’s pretty much a given that the next government won’t be interested in fixing this issue.
Source: https://www.heise.de/news/Modern-Solution-Berufungsgericht-bestaetigt-Schuld-des-Sicherheitsforschers-10007090.html
Apparently, the matter of the publicly available password wasn’t discussed at all. It was all about illegitimate access to data, regardless of inadequate data protection. Guilty in the sense of the law.
This law was about to be adjusted, defusing it for security researchers. Unfortunately, with the German government breaking up it’s unclear whether that change can still happen. It’s pretty much a given that the next government won’t be interested in fixing this issue.
Source: https://www.heise.de/news/Modern-Solution-Berufungsgericht-bestaetigt-Schuld-des-Sicherheitsforschers-10007090.html