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Comment by new299

Section 2804 refers to products manufactured and used in the US. But section 2803 is pretty clear:

"New section 2803 will make it unlawful after January 31, 2000, to sell in interstate or foreign commerce any encryption product that does not provide duly authorized persons an immediate access to plaintext capability, or immediate decryption capability."

and

"Sec. 2803. Unlawful sale of encryption

Whoever, after January 31, 2000, sells in interstate or foreign commerce any encryption product that does not include features or functions permitting duly authorized persons immediate access to plaintext or immediate decryption capabilities shall be imprisoned for not more than 5 years, fined under this title, or both."

I don't know what this document is, or what it's relevance is, but that was my reading.

parent new299 11 years ago

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