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by manhnt 2997 days ago
Can someone explain the US laws of export control around cryptography in layman's term?
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Best i recall, from back when the PGP thing was going down, was that anything above 90-bit keys (or some such) was basically considered the equivalent of a military weapon.

So if you wanted to offer it to anyone outside of USA, you were treated as if you were trying to deal in tanks or fighter jets.

Paranoia