[52615] in Cypherpunks
Re: So, what crypto legislation (if any) is necessary? (Was List O' , shame)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (sameer)
Mon Mar 25 15:16:19 1996
From: sameer <sameer@c2.org>
To: unicorn@schloss.li (Black Unicorn)
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 1996 11:36:57 -0800 (PST)
Cc: ses@tipper.oit.unc.edu, declan+@CMU.EDU, cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.91.960325132049.26503B-100000@polaris.mindport.net> from "Black Unicorn" at Mar 25, 96 01:32:21 pm
> I think many people on the list here had the right idea generally. No
> legislation is good legislation for crypto. Really the ITAR
> applications are beseiged right now, and will probably fizzle out of
> their own accord, not to mention the fact that they are de facto moot.
>
> In practice it is trivial to subvert ITAR for the purposes of
> worldwide crypto availability.
You've obviously never brought a crypto product to market
before. Granted, worldwide *personal* use of crypto availability is
trivial, but not corporate.
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