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- From: strnlght@netcom.com (David Sternlight)
- Newsgroups: sci.crypt
- Subject: Non-U.S. crypto laws
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.203915.14465@netcom.com>
- Date: 21 Dec 92 20:39:15 GMT
- Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
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- I've been reading a number of messages by those outside the U.S.
- who claim PGP is legal there.
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- I'm curious. What are the crypto laws in the U.K., Germany, and
- Finland, from which most of the posts come. Is it really true
- that PGP is legal there, or do such countries also have laws
- about import, posession, or use of cryptographic software,
- which have conveniently not been mentioned in this discussion?
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- Is it, rather, that PGP has not yet come to the attention of the
- authorities in those countries? I'm not referring to the patent
- laws, but to munitions-type, COCOM, ITAR, or other domestic
- crypto and security laws on those countries.
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- David
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