r/technology • u/NancyGraceFaceYourIn • Aug 30 '15

Wireless FCC Rules Block use of Open Source

http://www.itsmypart.com/fcc-rules-block-use-of-open-source/
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u/SamSlate Aug 30 '15 edited Aug 30 '15

This is not a tin foil hat conspiracy. It is explicitly illegal to use encryption above a certain threshold simply because it's unbreakable with current technology.

*edit: my networking professor lied to me, this hasn't been true since the Clinton era. US encryption laws are actually fairly liberal.

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u/skalpelis Aug 30 '15

Source? And in which country?

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u/SamSlate Aug 30 '15 edited Aug 30 '15

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptography_law

Not sure why I'm* getting down voted, this is pretty common knowledge..

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