Encrypted text illegal across US borders?

Perry E. Metzger perry at imsi.com
Mon Aug 1 14:31:36 PDT 1994



Allen J. Baum says:
> I've been told that it is illegal for us to transmit encrypted text to
> locations outside the borders of the US (i.e. sending email across the
> Atlantic that is encrypted).
> 
> Is this true?

No US laws prohibit transmitting encrypted text, although some kinds
of text may be illegal to transmit, encrypted or non-encrypted. Other
countries may have laws prohibiting the transport of encrypted text
across THEIR borders, but the US isn't one.

Perry






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