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Crypto Restrictions Are Taking Over the World
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."
Well that all depends on your point of view.
The UK has far more employment rights than the US has.
also the right to medical treatment.
the right to life (no death penality).
The right to get arrested without being put in handcufs.
Hell I can even crack a joke with the police if they get stopped, and give them a bit of hastle e.g. Have you got any ID? so long as i don't break any serious law or take the piss to much.
I can buy tin foil, baking soda, spoons, bongs etc.... without feer of being arrested.
I can have a open bottle in the car.
I can cross the road.
When I was younger I had even more rights, maybe the UK is just trying to catch up with the poor human rights policy in the US.
thank God the internet isn't a human right.
Some links to info on Canadian crypto laws:
Electronic Frontier Canada's Crypto Page
A Notice to Exporters, part of the Canadian Export and Import Permits Act: "Export Controls on Cryptographic Goods"
A speech by John Manley from 1998, then the Minister of Industry: Canada's Cryptography Policy
The Canadian government's cryptography website: Cryptography/Cryptographie
I have somewhat of a stake in Canada's crypto laws, as I've been writting and maintaining a strong cryptography extension for PHP which uses the Crypto++ library. Of course, my code itself contains absolutely no cryptographic code, it just links to the aforementioned library, but still...
J