From: Mutant Rob <wlkngowl@unix.asb.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Mar 1996 03:24:28 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: FCC & Internet phones
Message-ID: <199603091747.MAA04258@bb.hks.net>
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A. Padgett Peterson P.E. Information Security wrote:
>   You seem to forget that the Internet is just about the *only* electronic
>   communications media not controlled/licensed by the FCC in the US. The
>   FCC also prohibits use of cryptography by those with amateur licenses.

Yes... but the Internet is not like HAM radio. The FCC has no
jurisdiction outside the US, and it would cause various problems
for them to try to regulate the use of IPhone or how ISPs operate.

On another note, I wonder how the Leahy bill would affect use of
crypto by HAMs....
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