Re:A Coder Who Became a Crime Boss
by jpdb on Thursday January 31, 2019 @11:00AM
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> Uh, I don't think so? Pretty sure they either gave up, decided it was unconstitutional, or both.
I think it's technically still a law that's on the books and the American federal government did try to claim PGP was "munitions" at one point in the 90's, but the feds were skirted by PGP being printed in a book which is protected by the 1st amendment.[0]
I think it's technically still a law that's on the books and the American federal government did try to claim PGP was "munitions" at one point in the 90's, but the feds were skirted by PGP being printed in a book which is protected by the 1st amendment.[0]
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretty_Good_Privacy#Criminal_i...