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France actually banned non approved use of encryption algorithms/math in the 90s so there's some precedence. https://www.theregister.com/1999/01/15/france_to_e
by tpmx 6y ago
France actually banned non approved use of encryption algorithms/math in the 90s so there's some precedence.
https://www.theregister.com/1999/01/15/france_to_end_severe_encryption/ https://www.theregister.com/1999/01/15/france_to_end_severe_...
- danarmak 6y agoGovernments that issue patents on math/algorithms/software already claim the power to forbid you to use them. They just need to patent all public encryption algorithms, in perpetuity. (Sarcastic? Who knows?)