28 Oct
2005
28 Oct
'05
6:02 a.m.
Lauri Tischler wrote:
in Germany it is illegal, because to have the problem that you try in software to decrypt something. Only the try is forbidden by law.
Is decrypting by software illegal in Germany ?
No, that would be rediculous. But it is illegal to cirumvent copy protection schemes (i.e. as far as I understand it, you may not produce a copy of your favorite protected audio-cd to make it work in your car-radio :/ ).
That makes software like PGP also illegal. Also security software which decrypts your harddisk is then illegal.