It's a boring political tie-in, even if the implications are interesting: > Its political aspect is that because it's so simple, it can be reimplemented anywhe

It's a boring political tie-in, even if the implications are interesting: > Its political aspect is that because it's so simple, it can be reimplemented anywhere at any time, and so it provides a way for users to communicate privately even if government or other controls make distribution of normal cryptographic software completely impossible. Basically it just means that it's a cheap to run and easy to use algorithm. The interesting implication is that this may make it pointless for "relatively free" nations to ban cryptography. The vast quantities of good, publicly accessible crypto would make it an impossible rule to enforce (although it would give them a leg up in a courtroom setting).