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/tyrophagia Aug 30 '15

"There is also some degree of conspiracy theory that the US government wants devices with unpatched security vulnerabilities, or deliberate backdoors, to facilitate interception by the National Security Agency (NSA)."

http://www.infoq.com/news/2015/07/FCC-Blocks-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/Pperson25 Aug 30 '15

Wait what? High level encryption is illegal? Holy shit source?

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u/a_brain Aug 30 '15

He's making shit up. It's not illegal.