US Mass Market Crypto Exportable

[Ian Brown]

Owen Lewis wrote:
> Internet or not, you are quite right when you infer that to make a
> regulation by no means ensures that all will comply with it. As a
> matter of
> everyday experience, we all know that it is not so. OTOH, whilst the
> majority comply with regulations - and particularly where the penalty for
> breach of them is condign - most regulations remain effective to some
> greater or lesser extent.

This is the crux of the matter. While restricting physical technology
transfers usually has some effect proportional to the percentage of
transfers you prevent, a piece of information only has to be exported once
to have completely subverted the regulations for the exporter and her
allies. Unfortunate, but the way information works.