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Using Wireshark is sort of illegal in Germany.


Can you elaborate?


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.


Well, being an "inferior race" was also sort of illegal in Germany back in the day too. Hopefully we progress over time.




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