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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    2 months ago

    Encryption using IP over HAM is still illegal - you can’t access Lemmy because it’s an HTTPS site, because we live in the 21st century.