[13749] in Cypherpunks
PGP outside the US
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (SINCLAIR DOUGLAS N)
Mon May 16 15:44:31 1994
From: SINCLAIR DOUGLAS N <sinclai@ecf.toronto.edu>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Date: Mon, 16 May 1994 15:39:03 -0400
A repeated comment that I see in cypherpunks is that
"PGP 2.5 is illegal for use outside the US" and thus
communications cannot take place between those in
the US and outside using PGP 2.5.
However, as I see it PGP 2.5 (or 2.6) is only illegal
for use outside the US by US law. Most of us ouside
the US really don't care about US law. The only
problem is the export of PGP 2.5 from the US, which
need only occur once. I can't believe that this hasn't
already happened.
So: US users can legally use PGP 2.5. Foreign users
can also use PGP 2.5 until the US decides to kidnap them.
As far as I know there are no laws against sending
encrypted traffic across the border. Where lies the
problem?
-----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
Version: 2.5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=JT40
-----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
