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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Restricting import and export of "military-grade" encryption hardware is still a thing in some countries. And this reaction from boomer politicians is not too surprising if that's how it is advertised, rather than "encryption implemented by every cheap-ass smart appliance out there". Which is what RSA and ECDSA are.

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