[Cryptography] National crypto emergency

Jeremy Stanley fungi at yuggoth.org
Thu Nov 7 14:20:30 EST 2024


On 2024-11-07 11:22:54 +0000 (+0000), Peter Gutmann wrote:
> This seems to have gone unnoticed, looks like there's been a new sudden
> national emergency around encryption:
> 
> https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2024/08/13/notice-on-the-continuation-of-the-national-emergency-with-respect-to-export-control-regulations-3/
> 
> I thought this nonsense had stopped years ago, but it's dated August 2024.
[...]

The text indicates that the "emergency" declared in 2001 hasn't
ended yet, so the act is simply being renewed for another year
rather than letting it finally expire. *sigh*
-- 
Jeremy Stanley
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