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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[–] 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The whole thing reads like this is weak encryption that doesn't actually work and that is what they wanted people to have for that false sense of security. That's wild

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