PGP outside the US
A repeated comment that I see in cypherpunks is that "PGP 2.5 is illegal for use outside the US" and thus communications cannot take place between those in the US and outside using PGP 2.5. However, as I see it PGP 2.5 (or 2.6) is only illegal for use outside the US by US law. Most of us ouside the US really don't care about US law. The only problem is the export of PGP 2.5 from the US, which need only occur once. I can't believe that this hasn't already happened. So: US users can legally use PGP 2.5. Foreign users can also use PGP 2.5 until the US decides to kidnap them. As far as I know there are no laws against sending encrypted traffic across the border. Where lies the problem? -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- Version: 2.5 mQCNAi2LQpQAAAEEAMHIQtQtNi657RDTxpiBAXIonSlwjQJMM/jHbxLlk+bntkEJ g2y4ymguOpdlfEfnSud170Rnc1u04RoCM2CNBlEaNrjBAFTHXzjR6+X7JJ0rj53j 6Ju9U57GiWp+8e0RP/gUADnsplPZeYBlMpTT7Mt93AM2ZTSxFcyi36CIyUXVAAUR tCdEb3VnIFNpbmNsYWlyIDxzaW5jbGFpQGVjZi50b3JvbnRvLmVkdT6JAJUCBRAt i0PDIQX2Z9wex38BAdLMA/4g7HZQq7d3wC0jWoJL5XP7hiegXLT/8WenhBwL2DrR ILDvw2Pe1LGjBtmx4ynFq0Mplo6rIw/uSbMjMX+8AnF8Tei6tRaKj9N97YwziU2B B7AsLWRAnyAzaVoz2vYTPv0IiEbRguvFEem5yakMIfNM7+3dVlQFL4DSCjr8P4Qa qYkAlQIFEC2LQxnoHJmBi3GtGQEBbn4EAI0BynCzIfZFUaH+SeuoHovwsVt4ahZ9 YlqmwzN9Bfd/O4UKIvvYMQc9WnqmbX+I+LNduimIl/XAnUHANXF2ABcx+lbfw5wf j3U/9tkvfqB2Z4Ogtrf5XLN5wAnX8kaWvEqPiMzmxvPQlHIY75GGzhFCVocyBJV0 pRspTpUraoNR =JT40 -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK-----
Foreign users can also use PGP 2.5 until the US decides to kidnap them.
Yes, but why would we want to? I am reasonably satisfied with my legal copy of PGP 2.3a. I would be happy to upgrade if there were technical reasons for doing so, but I am not happy to downgrade to RSAREF's reportedly inferior implementation of certain important operations. I understand that USA folk are in a different legal position from mine, and may wish to legitimise their PGP use by downgrading. But I am most displeased with what I see as attempts to force me to either downgrade (for no good legal or technical reason) or face an inability to communicate with USA folk who have chosen (for valid legal reasons) to downgrade. --apb (Alan Barrett)
On Mon, 16 May 1994, SINCLAIR DOUGLAS N wrote:
As far as I know there are no laws against sending encrypted traffic across the border. Where lies the problem?
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