How would Leahy bill affect crypto over HAM radio?

[Ed Carp]

On Sun, 10 Mar 1996, David Lesher 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.

Not quite.  Anything intended to hide the meaning of the message is 
banned.  Compression isn't banned, because the intention is to make more 
efficient use of the frequency, not to hide the meaning.
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