Of course this appeal will fail. The US believes that it has jurisdiction essentially everywhere. One need only look at the FCPA (Foreign Corrupt Practices Ac

Of course this appeal will fail. The US believes that it has jurisdiction essentially everywhere. One need only look at the FCPA (Foreign Corrupt Practices Act) to see this firmly held belief in action. The US Government is increasingly using it [1] to prosecute people and companies it simply doesn't like by punishing conduct that occurs outside the US that in many cases has no effect on any US citizen or company. That said, if you're a high level drug trafficker, and you're not at least using PGP, you deserve whatever you get. This is Darwinism at work. Even normal, non-criminals should be using the strongest encryption they can get their hands on, because no one knows what kind of conduct the government will seek to punish going forward. Prosecutors get more creative every day in applying our extremely broad laws to increasingly wide swaths of behavior. [1] http://www.fcpaprofessor.com/a-focus-on-doj-fcpa-individual-prosecutions-3 http://www.fcpaprofessor.com/a-focus-on-doj-fcpa-individual-...