Re:Grand jury subpoena for Signal user data
by nickpsecurity on Tuesday October 04, 2016 @08:54PM
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It already is for exports unless you get license. They probably approve it but they left high-assurance security + a bunch of other stuff classified as munitions. The "victory" of the Crypto Wars was for mass market stuff that's basically insecure.
Note: I could be really misreading the material due to not being a lawyer or pouring through regs all the time. I think it says all this stuff is still 5A002 (munition) outside the exemptions they compromised on.
Detailed analysis with appropriate links:
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2014/11/the_return_of...
Note: I could be really misreading the material due to not being a lawyer or pouring through regs all the time. I think it says all this stuff is still 5A002 (munition) outside the exemptions they compromised on.