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Crypto Restrictions Are Taking Over the World

Posted by timothy on from the and-you'll-like-it dept.

zeke writes: "An article on SecurityFocus details how forced key escrow and other crypto restrictions have taken root around the world, in countries like France, South Africa, the Netherlands and the UK. Ironically, this leaves the United States -- the birthplace and graveyard of the Clipper Chip -- as one of the few bastions of unregulated encryption."

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  1. Re:USA the bastion of unregulated crypto?? by thales · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    LOL,
    Isn't Canada still a British Colony under UK Crypto laws? I Mean as long as we are dealing with out of date information why not use real out of date info.

    The regulations that caused the problems you mentioned are no longer in effect, and haven't been for about two years.

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