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couldn't they just enforce the existing encryption export regulations to basically break the whole industry?

• loeg 7y ago
  Export regulations don't require breaking E2E privacy for same-country citizens; and notable E2E cryptographic software is developed outside the US, so US restrictions do not apply to it. So I don't really follow this line of reasoning.
  • rolltiide 7y ago
    but any software you make that uses e2e dependencies would be subject to the same export regulations, right? I mean, not even just e2e, just the normal ubiquitous encryption we all use is a "gift" from relaxed export restrictions along side non-enforcement. Some app stores still ask you if you obtained the export license or qualify for an exemption. The US government could just start enforcing that, fund the agency to enforce it. It doesn't matter about what it enables to citizens, no organization operating in the US would offer it because it would break their global business.
    • loeg 7y ago
      No, I believe that is basically incorrect.
      • rolltiide 7y ago
        I’m glad we changed each other’s minds