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1991. Less Orwellian. Back then, 1984 was a warning, not an instruction manual.
by Clubber 5y ago
1991. Less Orwellian. Back then, 1984 was a warning, not an instruction manual.
- alexshendi 5y agoToday, 1984 feels like an Utopia.
- ggreer 5y agoIn 1991, distributing encryption software was a violation of US munitions controls.[1] At the time, it was not at all clear whether encryption software would remain legal for individuals to own and use. The US government was considering mandating backdoors in all consumer encryption, culminating in the development of the Clipper chip.[2] 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Export_of_cryptography_from_the_United_States#PC_era https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Export_of_cryptography_from_th... 2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipper_chip https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipper_chip