Malte Schr?der [MalteSch@xxxxxx] 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 :/ ). I don't see what that has to do with this. I don't think this is about braking copy protection since in order to decrypt I would need keys which I get by getting a leagal subscription and thus getting a smartcard from a provider. The point here (in my original question) is that if I have a smartcard reader which happens to have USB or RS232 interface then why could I not use it together with sc instead of CAM? In both external reader and CAM I would need a subscription wouldn't I? The only difference is where the decryption is done (hw or sw), right? Ofcourse CAM is better if CPU is slower. Or am I missing a point here? Or is it even possible to use smartcard readers other than CAM?
