Sandy Sandfort writes:

Geoff Dale asks about statutes prohibiting the transmission of encrypted data across international boundaries. To the best of my knowledge, there's no such animal. If such exists, it is widely violated, with impunity, by me and folks I know, on a regular basis.

Au contraire, I am certain that France has restrictions on the transmission of encrypted data within its borders. I believe Brazil does as well.

Where do these urban legends come from?

Umm, many of them are based on fact? -- Lefty (lefty@apple.com) C:.M:.C:., D:.O:.D:.