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...we've all been there in US before 1999 where exporting strong crypto had $1mln penalty with long prison terms, basically classified together with chemical/bi
by mirekrusin 10y ago
...we've all been there in US before 1999 where exporting strong crypto had $1mln penalty with long prison terms, basically classified together with chemical/biological weapons.
It was recognised that it's impossible to enforce, ie. PGP is there, in general tech is just available to anyone and what about research papers and academia? Treat them as criminals? Even if banned in UK, it's available in the rest of the world.
It would be nice if politicians were banned from saying stupid things.