CDT> Bill Lifting Encryption Controls Re-Introduced in Congress

[T Bruce Tober]

In message <Pine.LNX.4.10.9902270106380.23209-100000@zor.hut.fi>,
jei@zor.hut.fi writes
>On Fri, 26 Feb 1999, T Bruce Tober wrote:
>
>> Someone asked (I think on this list) about the most recent 
>> Goodlatte pro-encryption bill in the US Congress. here's a report.
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>> (2) SUMMARY OF SAFE ACT, H.R. 850
>> 
>> * Guarantees all Americans the freedom to use any type of encryption
>> anywhere in the world, ...
>
>Really??
>
>Even if the local laws deny it like in Russia?

Just another case of amerikan hyperbole as is standard in amerikan
discussions about everything it does (See, I can use hyperbole too).

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