From: "Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law" <froomkin@law.miami.edu>
Date: Tue, 12 Nov 1996 20:49:45 -0800 (PST)
To: cypherpunks <cypherpunks@toad.com>
Subject: Re: So how does the crypto crackdown go?
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As Hal knows, but some newer members of the list may not, I discuss the
possibility of a ban on strong (unescrowed) crypto at some, ahem, length
in

http://www.law.miami.edu/~froomkin/articles/clipper.htm

Although the article is more than 18 months old, the law hasn't changed
in any material way as far as I know.

Bottom line: they probably can't do it under the constitution, but it's a
closer call than it should be.

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