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by rjsw 4268 days ago
It could have been just for non-citizens.

The language [1] describing visa ineligibility seems much more nuanced now. The last paper form that I filled in asked whether you had been involved in transporting munitions, strong crypto was classified as a munition at the time.

[1] http://travel.state.gov/content/visas/english/general/inelig...
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rdtsc 4268 days ago
Dangerous stuff. Never be that truthful on government forms and do not make the mistake of trying to be clever or have an "interesting" story to tell or prove some point to the bureaucrat across the desk.

The answer should therefore be "no" without hesitation. Otherwise that goes into a database but the interesting story about open source work on Netscape won't. So at that point as far the govt is concerned you might as well have been selling SAMs to Syria.

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dllthomas 4268 days ago
Note that the parent said they lie on that question.

This seems to drift over into "Three Felonies A Day" territory. If asked that question either you lie and they can prosecute you for lying, or you tell the truth and they can make sure you're hassled over your answer. Though I believe that crypto software is no longer considered munitions (while still retaining some restrictions) - but IANAL...

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