wxboss@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · edit-21 year agoHow trying to preserve one's personal digital privacy is slowly becoming a crime.youtu.beexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up122arrow-down11cross-posted to: louisrossmann@lemmy.world
arrow-up121arrow-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-21 year agomessage-square10fedilinkcross-posted to: louisrossmann@lemmy.world
minus-squarefubo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year 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-up5·1 year 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/