wxboss@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-23 years agoHow trying to preserve one's personal digital privacy is slowly becoming a crime.youtu.beexternal-linkmessage-square14linkfedilinkarrow-up176arrow-down15cross-posted to: louisrossmann
arrow-up171arrow-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-23 years agomessage-square14linkfedilinkcross-posted to: louisrossmann
minus-squarefubolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·3 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-squarenivenkoslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·3 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/
minus-squarefubolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 years agoYes, and that’s terrible. But the pre-1996 (and even pre-1999) French situation was much more extreme.
minus-squareAkasazh@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·3 years agoInteresting, i never knew. Thanks for the link.
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/
Yes, and that’s terrible. But the pre-1996 (and even pre-1999) French situation was much more extreme.
Interesting, i never knew. Thanks for the link.