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Cloud computing, encryption, and export laws

Subject: Cloud computing, encryption, and export laws
From: kentborg-KwkGvOEf1og at public.gmane.org (Kent Borg)
Date: Mon, 02 May 2011 19:54:42 -0400
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Scott Ehrlich wrote:
> where does responsibility lie if someone in the
> US encrypts data in a manner that prohibits export

I think the problem isn't in exporting encrypted data, I think it is 
encryption *software* that was considered munitions. 

Not to say the there aren't other legal issues: Show me your encryption 
keys!  (http://xkcd.com/538/)

-kb

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