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February 3rd 06, 02:45 AM posted to rec.radio.shortwave

wrote:

When webtv first came out,it was illegal to transport a webtv unit to
any foreign countries because of 128 bit encryption.Look it up.
cuhulin

Anybody remember the fuss over PGP (Pretty Good Privacy), a freeware
encryption program that came out in the early days of the public
internet? The feds HATED it because they were afraid that high grade
encryption would fall into the hands of our enemies. It never caught on,
and the NSA likely cracked the code, so they stopped making a fuss about
it and now nobody remembers it.