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Probably because when it comes to anything cyber-related, the German government, like most big companies there, is a dinosaur, greatly inferior to it's British and Swiss counterparts.



Germany at least has the CCC, which it sometimes asks for advice and, occasionally, listens to.


When they aren't trying to put them in jail that is.


I'm not sure what the social aspects in Britain and Switzerland are like, but in Germany, working for the BND or other governmental cyber security institutions is frowned upon in the cyber-security circles (at least that's my view from someone not too deep in the field).


Yeah, because the BND is the enemy. They are the ones who keep the vulnerabilities open instead of closing them. We have the CCC to trust in.




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