1994-08-01 - Re: Encrypted text illegal across US borders?
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From: Carl Ellison <cme@tis.com>
To: baum@apple.com
Message Hash: 2238cdee8623b0c0073b59786ee01780153cbfea4d5b2bdf808e75a9e0430fd8
Message ID: <9408012148.AA09416@tis.com>
Reply To: <9408012111.AA22350@newton.apple.com>
UTC Datetime: 1994-08-01 21:49:18 UTC
Raw Date: Mon, 1 Aug 94 14:49:18 PDT
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From: Carl Ellison <cme@tis.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Aug 94 14:49:18 PDT
To: baum@apple.com
Subject: Re: Encrypted text illegal across US borders?
In-Reply-To: <9408012111.AA22350@newton.apple.com>
Message-ID: <9408012148.AA09416@tis.com>
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>Date: Mon, 1 Aug 94 14:11:44 PDT
>From: baum@apple.com (Allen J. Baum)
>Subject: Encrypted text illegal across US borders?
>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?
I'm no lawyer, but no, this is not true.
(There are some foreign countries which take a dim view of encrypted traffic
coming in, but the US has no laws against it.)
Who told you this?
- Carl
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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)