Government Approval Needed for Encrypting Email
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Well now this is an odd one.
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I think there's some missing bits of the story.
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I saw this a little while ago, I'm not sure if it's in the article but they got their money.
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The only thing I can think of that might make sense is the arms export restrictions that get applied to strong cryptography. But that usually only matters for the countries on our shit list.
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@Nic said:
The only thing I can think of that might make sense is the arms export restrictions that get applied to strong cryptography. But that usually only matters for the countries on our shit list.
Yes, there's an embargo list for exporting crypto gear (like some Cisco products). I would assume that's the problem with "open source cryptography" if you will, but on the other side of the token there's the privacy rights... and the argument continues.
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There is a big difference between exporting cryptography and exporting something encrypted, though.
