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>but AFAIK there generally isn't a warm connection between the CCC and the BND

nor should there be.

Similar to how us American hackers have a huge dislike and distrust of the FBI.

Your own law enforcement agency will lie to you, manipulate you, raid you, extort you, and imprison you over bullshit.

"Your own law enforcement agency will lie to you, manipulate you, raid you, extort you, and imprison you over bullshit."

But this is not, how it should be. And not all law enforcement agencies are like this.

It's very difficult to stop them doing this. The extent to which it happens varies a lot, and some countries and places have a much worse problem than others, but fundamentally if you "cause trouble" to "respectable people and companies" you're going to get hassled by law enforcement. Yes, the sarcasm quotes are important.

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