Clueful Crypto Legislation

Industrial Disease writes "ZDNN has a brief article on the Security and Freedom through Encryption Act. If passed, this bill would ease export restrictions, eliminate key escrow requirements, and make using cryptography a crime only if used to commit a secondary crime. A similar bill never reached a full House vote last year, but this one seems to have a broader base of support. " This bill was also known as SAFE - the problem it had last time was a huge arguement over encryption in e-commerce, but this time the sponsers think it has a much better chance of passing.