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Re:Amazon threatens to suspend Signal's AWS account over cen... by derefr on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @08:30PM (#16973090)
> private companies are typically free to do as they please in free countries...that's kinda the point

Er, no; in every "free" country, trade/export restrictions are still a thing. US corporations can't sell to North Korean citizens, or even Cuban citizens, despite not being in a state of war against either. And "munitions" (e.g. what encryption algorithms used to be) can be traded hardly anywhere. Just call censorship-enabling technologies "munitions" and it neatly solves the problem of who exactly US corporations can give them to.

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Re:Amazon threatens to suspend Signal's AWS account over cen... by TheSpiceIsLife on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @02:42AM (#16974664)
> And "munitions" (e.g. what encryption algorithms used to be) can be traded hardly anywhere.

That regulation is only in place to protect the established players ... and to ensure the CIA decides who gets the weapons.

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