The software was classed as munitions and one needed an arms dealer's license to publish it, including online. The creator of PGP published the full source code as a book, as these are covered under first amendment rights.

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Fun fact, Google pay and other "modern" payment processors still had to use 3DES until 2020 at least (might still do, I got out of the industry).

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