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> Is it legal or illegal to send a
> PGP encrypted message from the US to someone in another country?
Yes.
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"Don`t forget to mount a scratch monkey"> > > Is it legal or illegal to send a > > PGP encrypted message from the US to someone in another country? > > Yes. > > No it's not. Where do you get this? It would be illegal to send them a copy of the PGP program. But sending encrypted messages is not illegal. Please, cite your source --------------------------------------------------------------------- Omegaman <mailto:omegam@cmq.com>|"When they kick out your front door, PGP Key fingerprint = | How are you gonna come? 6D 31 C3 00 77 8C D1 C2 | With your hands upon your head, 59 0A 01 E3 AF 81 94 63 | Or on the trigger of your gun?" Send email with "get key" as the| -- The Clash, "Guns of Brixton" "Subject:"to get my public key | _London_Calling_ , 1980 ---------------------------------------------------------------------
On Fri, 14 Feb 1997, Omegaman wrote:
> paul@fatmans.demon.co.uk wrote:
> > > Is it legal or illegal to send a
> > > PGP encrypted message from the US to someone in another country?
> >
> > Yes.
>
> No it's not. Where do you get this? It would be illegal to send
> them a copy of the PGP program. But sending encrypted messages is
> not illegal.
Actually, Paul implied that it was both legal and illegal. I assume he
meant that it is legal except where the *content* of the message contains
something illegal (death threats against heads of state, etc.) But if you
use strong encryption, who'll know?
Cynthia
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Klein bottle for rent; enquire within.[cc list trimmed!] On Fri, 14 Feb 1997 paul@fatmans.demon.co.uk wrote: > > > Is it legal or illegal to send a > > PGP encrypted message from the US to someone in another country? > > Yes. > Rubbish. It is perfectly legal. See generally http://www.law.miami.edu/~froomkin/articles/clipper.htm PS. His sexist comments are rubbish too. I usually like his crypto posts, however, as long as they are technical rather than legal... == The above may have been dictated via Dragon Dictate 2.52 voice recognition. Please be alert for unintentional word substitutions. A. Michael Froomkin | +1 (305) 284-4285; +1 (305) 284-6506 (fax) Associate Professor of Law | U. Miami School of Law | froomkin@law.miami.edu P.O. Box 248087 | http://www.law.miami.edu/~froomkin Coral Gables, FL 33124 USA | It's warm here.