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Encryption was considered a weapon previously, which resulted in an export ban. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Export_of_cryptography_from_the_United_States h

• rjsw 5y ago
  Also resulted in lots of us having to lie on our Visa Waiver forms on entry to the US.
• kmeisthax 5y ago
  ...and the parent post's argument was already made by xkcd: https://xkcd.com/504/ https://xkcd.com/504/
• boomboomsubban 5y ago
  North Korea is qualified as a "rogue state," so it's still illegal to export encryption there.
• SeanLuke 5y ago
  No. Encryption was considered to be a munition. Wikipedia is being loose in its terminology and could benefit from some revision here.