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Re:The Internet Is Being Protected By Two Guys Named Steve by shard972 on Monday April 28, 2014 @02:35AM (#7658525)
So, would that also cover citizens? As in, if I made my own encryption method and then supplied that to some friends overseas, would that be violating munitions exporting if crypto was still covered?
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Re:The Internet Is Being Protected By Two Guys Named Steve by colechristensen on Monday April 28, 2014 @02:56AM (#7658587)
Essentially, yes. A well educated person with the motivation and no cooperation from existing tech is very much capable of making the state department rather unhappy by exporting their own creation.
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Re:The Internet Is Being Protected By Two Guys Named Steve by shard972 on Monday April 28, 2014 @11:30PM (#7664764)
Well I suppose thats what we live for, to keep the state department happy.
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