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Re:EFF: forced disclosure of encryption password violates 5t... by nl on Saturday July 09, 2011 @06:46AM (#2745430)
Strong encryption was never illegal, but there was speculation that the Clipper chip[1] was the first step towards making it so.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipper_chip

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