The software was classed as munitions and one needed an arms dealer’s license to publish it, including online. The creator of PGP published the full source code as a book, as these are covered under first amendment rights.
The software was classed as munitions and one needed an arms dealer’s license to publish it, including online. The creator of PGP published the full source code as a book, as these are covered under first amendment rights.
Restricting import and export of “military-grade” encryption hardware is still a thing in some countries. And this reaction from boomer politicians is not too surprising if that’s how it is advertised, rather than “encryption implemented by every cheap-ass smart appliance out there”. Which is what RSA and ECDSA are.