[Cryptography] eliminating manufacturer's ability to backdoor users

Jerry Leichter leichter at lrw.com
Tue Feb 23 06:15:01 EST 2016


>> What in the iPhone is illegal *today*?
> 
> According to the Wassenaar control lists, about half the phone, if you take it
> across a border without an export license.
> 
> Also most laptops, desktop PCs, home video games, and other similar items.
Which simply means that the LE agencies are not interpreting Wassenaar the way you are, since international trade and commerce in these things isn't being interfered with.

Wassenaar is bad law - really bad law.  But it's hardly unique, and all kinds of bad laws are rendered less noxious by being "interpreted down".

                                                        -- Jerry



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