SA Government's Crypto Registration Up And Running

orange writes "Anyone who supplies crypto products to South Africans (and the government defines crypto as almost anything) has to register with the appropriate agency and pay a ZAR2000 fee (US$200). Failure to supply South Africans without being registered means potential jail time (How they're gonna get you unless you come to South Africa is another story). A copy of the legislation can be found can be found online."

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Hey

[VultureMN]

Let's get a collection to send Theo to South Africa on vacation!

uh-oh.

[penguin_punk]

I just double-checked my logs and it looks like I'll be canceling my winter vacation. Jailtime doesn't appeal to me.

love that slashdot grammar

[StuffYourReligion]

Failure to supply South Africans without being registered means potential jail time

OK, I fully expect to fail to supply South Africans with any kind of crypto technology. I also don't expect to be registered. And you're saying I'll go to jail for this? That's crazy!

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Will I be Boered?

Why language skills matter

[itp]

Failure to supply South Africans without being registered means potential jail time

I don't think that sentence means what the poster intended it to mean.

Ian Peters
itp at ximian dot com

Re:Why language skills matter

[Amazing Quantum Man]

I don't think that sentence means what the poster intended it to mean.

INCONCEIVABLE!!!

In other news...

[bobdotorg]

JOHANNERGURG (Rueters) - Bazooka Joe was arrested and being held without bail for posession of decoder rings with intent to encrypt.

Where do I send my money?

[grub]

I've added some nifty features to ROT13 and don't want to end up in a South African jail...