Reply to post: Re: You could have seen this coming a long time ago.

The weapons pact threatening IT security research

Medixstiff

Re: You could have seen this coming a long time ago.

"A matter of time? More like "time and again!" Think back to when the US put export bans on encryption software. It not only failed in its stated result, it actually hurt sales for US companies as a side effect. Still, we have a habit of repeating our mistakes we'll get it right this time."

I still remember running Windows 2000 with 128-bit IE6 and reading fine print on the About IE section about exporting it to other countries.

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