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GPG is an implementation of PGP (via the OpenPGP specification). PGP was developed in the US, and was, in many ways, the opening salvo of the "first crypto war"
by JshWright 10y ago
GPG is an implementation of PGP (via the OpenPGP specification). PGP was developed in the US, and was, in many ways, the opening salvo of the "first crypto war".
- e12e 10y agoPGP was also printed in book form and exported (to get around the fact that "software" was considered arms, but books not). I remember wanting an RSA t-shirt at the time (A t-shirt with the RSA algorithm on it, which is/was considered "munitions" - and not for export).