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==Rationale==

Countries may wish to restrict import of cryptography technologies for a number of reasons:

* Imported cryptography may have [[Backdoor (computing)|backdoors]] or [[Security Holes|security holes]] (e.g. the [[FREAK|FREAK vulnerability]]), intentional or not, which allowallows the country or group who created the backdoor technology, for example the [[National Security Agency|National Security Agency (NSA)]], to spy on persons using the imported cryptography; therefore the use of cryptography is restricted to that which the government thinks is safe, or which it develops itself.

* Citizens can anonymously communicate with each other, preventing any external party from monitoring them.

* Encrypted transactions may impede external entities to control the conducting of business.

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| [[Czech Republic]]

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| [[China]]

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| [[Uzbekistan]]

| style="background-color:#ffc9c9" | [http://www2.epic.org/reports/crypto2000/countries.html#_Toc477927407 Red]

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| [[Vietnam]]

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==See also==

* [[Code as speech]]

* [[Export of cryptography]]