Reminds of the story of PGP where they could not export the algorithm directly, due to said restrictions. But what they did instead is printing a huge book and exporting the sources this way :D.
http://www.pgpi.org/pgpi/project/scanning/ camillo On 2011-05-05, at 09:11, Douglas Brebner wrote: > 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 :) > > >
