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> Explosives - It's the only thing that is illegal to make. doesnt the US restrict import/export of encryption over a certain keylength as well?

• gpm 8y ago
  Uh, I don't think so? Pretty sure they either gave up, decided it was unconstitutional, or both. Either way, "make", not "export". I'm almost certain it's illegal to export missile guidance systems under ITAR.
  • jpdb 8y ago
    > Uh, I don't think so? Pretty sure they either gave up, decided it was unconstitutional, or both. I think it's technically still a law that's on the books and the American federal government did try to claim PGP was "munitions" at one point in the 90's, but the feds were skirted by PGP being printed in a book which is protected by the 1st amendment.[0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretty_Good_Privacy#Criminal_investigation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretty_Good_Privacy#Criminal_i...
    • perfect_wave 8y ago
      Darknet diaries has a great episode on this period and the fight to allow people to use unbreakable encryption: https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/12/ https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/12/