On 04/05/2011 08:58, Toon Verwaest wrote:
On 05/04/2011 09:53 AM, Sven Van Caekenberghe wrote:
On 04 May 2011, at 09:41, Toon Verwaest wrote:
On 05/04/2011 07:20 AM, Stéphane Ducasse wrote:
this is because they are forced to do so because of a new law in
the us about crypto.
Believe they do not like that.
What law is that, and why? Sounds interesting :)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Export_of_cryptography_in_the_United_States
Basically, encryption is a weapon.
Sven
Uncrackable encryption will allow drug lords, spies, terrorists and
even violent gangs to communicate about their crimes and their
conspiracies with impunity. We will lose one of the few remaining
vulnerabilities of the worst criminals and terrorists upon which law
enforcement depends to successfully investigate and often prevent the
worst crimes.
For this reason, the law enforcement community is unanimous in calling
for a balanced solution to this problem.
I have to wonder if the people behind this realise that public key
encryption was originally invented in the UK, not the USA which makes
export controls rather pointless :)
