Re: How would Leahy bill affect crypto over HAM radio?

At 09:26 PM 3/10/96 -0500, you wrote:
Subject asks it. I'm not a HAM, but still curious. Wonder if anyone has brought this to Leahy's attention...
Comments from the packet folx on the list?
Non-cleartext has been forbidden for last 60 years anyhow.
Yes, but the law _might_ have the side-effect of changing that. It'd be real pleasant if it does... I suspect the best way to make that happen would be to say "shhhh" any time anyone proposes mentioning the topic to a politician.... #-- # Thanks; Bill # Bill Stewart, stewarts@ix.netcom.com, +1-415-442-2215 pager 408-787-1281 # "At year's end, however, new government limits on Internet access threatened # to halt the growth of Internet use. [...] Government control of news media # generally continues to depend on self-censorship to regulate political and # social content, but the authorities also consistently penalize those who # exceed the permissable." - US government statement on China...
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