wxboss@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-22 years agoHow trying to preserve one's personal digital privacy is slowly becoming a crime.youtu.beexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up113arrow-down10
arrow-up113arrow-down1external-linkHow trying to preserve one's personal digital privacy is slowly becoming a crime.youtu.bewxboss@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-22 years agomessage-square7fedilink
minus-squarefubo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 years agoBack when the US was still treating encryption software as a “munition” and restricting it for export, France banned it entirely. Up until 1996, it was illegal to encrypt documents in France without government permission.
minus-squarenivenkos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years agoThe UK still has a version of this where it is illegal to withhold passwords or encryption keys from the police - https://www.saunders.co.uk/news/prosecuted-for-your-password/
Back when the US was still treating encryption software as a “munition” and restricting it for export, France banned it entirely. Up until 1996, it was illegal to encrypt documents in France without government permission.
The UK still has a version of this where it is illegal to withhold passwords or encryption keys from the police - https://www.saunders.co.uk/news/prosecuted-for-your-password/