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If I'm no wrong wasn't PGP encryption once illegal to export ? Not quite the same but the government has a nice habit of feeling like they can bad the export o

• beAbU 2y ago
  You are right, but I cannot find a single example of such a ban actually being effective though. Information wants to be free and all that.
  • KPGv2 2y ago
    Because you haven't heard of the proprietary software that wasn't ever sold internationally because of these bans. Of course Joe Sixpack can throw their code up anywhere, but Joe Corporation gets wrecked if they try to sell it. https://developer.apple.com/documentation/security/complying-with-encryption-export-regulations https://developer.apple.com/documentation/security/complying... For example, this is enforced by Apple Store.
  • coliveira 2y ago
    But that's not the goal, the goal is to protect the "intelectual property" only to American companies. Countries not in the "friends list" cannot sell products in that area without suffering repercussions. That's how the US has maintained technological dominance in some areas by restricting what other countries can do.
  • calgoo 2y ago
    If i remember correctly, if you changed the dropdown on the webpage to USA you could download the full version of PGP anyway.
• Prbeek 2y ago
  Add PS1 too. The US government banned sale of PlayStation to China because the PLA would apparently have access to cutting edge chips for their missiles