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[–] dsatrbs 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago  (edited ago)

I think their giving up had more to do with the futility of trying to restrict cipher export, I mean PGPi got around it by printing code into books, then sending the books overseas, then OCR'ing it.

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[–] ohshittree 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago  (edited ago)

Yeah I remember reading about that. Basically invoking 2nd amendment protection.

EDIT: 1st Amendment, sorry I completely forgot 4th grade.

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[–] dsatrbs 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

1st Amendment. Anyway, the govt's seeming inability to crack TC containers gives me enough faith in modern crypto. Unless those public cases have been some sort of ruse.