1994-08-01 - Re: Encrypted text illegal across US borders?
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From: “Perry E. Metzger” <perry@imsi.com>
To: baum@apple.com (Allen J. Baum)
Message Hash: ccc23970b54d72dc8a6305edc69a088d94ecaa44b977dcc8dbceb8fce14f404b
Message ID: <9408012129.AA09017@snark.imsi.com>
Reply To: <9408012111.AA22350@newton.apple.com>
UTC Datetime: 1994-08-01 21:31:36 UTC
Raw Date: Mon, 1 Aug 94 14:31:36 PDT
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From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@imsi.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Aug 94 14:31:36 PDT
To: baum@apple.com (Allen J. Baum)
Subject: Re: Encrypted text illegal across US borders?
In-Reply-To: <9408012111.AA22350@newton.apple.com>
Message-ID: <9408012129.AA09017@snark.imsi.com>
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Allen J. Baum says:
> I've been told that it is illegal for us to transmit encrypted text to
> locations outside the borders of the US (i.e. sending email across the
> Atlantic that is encrypted).
>
> Is this true?
No US laws prohibit transmitting encrypted text, although some kinds
of text may be illegal to transmit, encrypted or non-encrypted. Other
countries may have laws prohibiting the transport of encrypted text
across THEIR borders, but the US isn't one.
Perry
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- 1994-08-01 (Mon, 1 Aug 94 14:16:13 PDT) - Encrypted text illegal across US borders? - baum@apple.com (Allen J. Baum)
- 1994-08-01 (Mon, 1 Aug 94 14:31:36 PDT) - Re: Encrypted text illegal across US borders? - “Perry E. Metzger” <perry@imsi.com>
- 1994-08-01 (Mon, 1 Aug 94 14:49:18 PDT) - Re: Encrypted text illegal across US borders? - Carl Ellison <cme@tis.com>
- 1994-08-01 (Mon, 1 Aug 94 15:41:39 PDT) - Re: Encrypted text illegal across US borders? - paul@hawksbill.sprintmrn.com (Paul Ferguson)