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Re:North Korea hacked him, so he took down its internet by hawski on Wednesday February 02, 2022 @01:19PM (#30181587)
Encryption was considered a weapon previously, which resulted in an export ban.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Export_of_cryptography_from_...

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Re:North Korea hacked him, so he took down its internet by SeanLuke on Wednesday February 02, 2022 @07:47PM (#30186764)
No. Encryption was considered to be a munition. Wikipedia is being loose in its terminology and could benefit from some revision here.
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Re:North Korea hacked him, so he took down its internet by rjsw on Wednesday February 02, 2022 @02:41PM (#30182898)
Also resulted in lots of us having to lie on our Visa Waiver forms on entry to the US.
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Re:North Korea hacked him, so he took down its internet by kmeisthax on Wednesday February 02, 2022 @04:24PM (#30184258)
...and the parent post's argument was already made by xkcd: https://xkcd.com/504/
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Re:North Korea hacked him, so he took down its internet by boomboomsubban on Wednesday February 02, 2022 @07:15PM (#30186389)
North Korea is qualified as a "rogue state," so it's still illegal to export encryption there.
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