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> This isn't enriched uranium, it can't be restricted to the few approved.

You say this in jest but encryption was export-controlled under ITAR in my lifetime. With the persistent government attacks on encryption increasing in frequency around the world, I wouldn't be surprised if we see more attempts at containing it in ways not unlike the control of enriched uranium.



> You say this in jest but encryption was export-controlled under ITAR in my lifetime.

And then Zimmerman sort of screwed that up, didn't he? I remember, bet we're about the same age.

> With the persistent government attacks on encryption increasing in frequency around the world, I wouldn't be surprised if we see more attempts at containing it in ways not unlike the control of enriched uranium.

Everything possible must be done to thwart such efforts.




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