Prof renews free speech fight against US encryption law
"It's inexcusable that the government is continuing to interfere with my research in cryptography and computer security," Bernstein said.
Until very recently, the U.S. government severely restricted the export of domestic information-scrambling products and know-how. To the government's way of thinking, once such leading-edge technology has made its way into the hands of terrorists, the bad guys could then effectively keep American intelligence agencies in the dark.
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