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    Government Approval Needed for Encrypting Email

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    • scottalanmiller
      scottalanmiller last edited by

      http://www.linuxbsdos.com/2014/07/01/protonmail-and-paypal-do-we-need-government-approval-to-encrypt-email/

      Well now this is an odd one.

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      • alexntg
        alexntg last edited by

        I think there's some missing bits of the story.

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        • MattKing
          MattKing last edited by

          I saw this a little while ago, I'm not sure if it's in the article but they got their money.
          https://protonmail.ch/blog/paypal-freezes-protonmail-campaign-funds/

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          • Nic
            Nic last edited by

            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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            • MattKing
              MattKing @Nic last edited by

              @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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              • scottalanmiller
                scottalanmiller last edited by

                There is a big difference between exporting cryptography and exporting something encrypted, though.

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