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		croes on Jan 23, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: German Court Fines Security Researcher for Reporti... The "best" part is the reason given by the court for the conviction is that he used software to access the database by password. He used phpMyAdmin. How on earth should you be able to access a database other than via software? Telepathy?

damiante on Jan 23, 2024 [–]

Looking at the bits on the disk with a magnifying glass and copying them onto a piece of paper with a pen :^)

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