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=== USA ===

The initial response of the US government to the expanded availability of cryptography was to treat the cryptographic research in the same way the [[atomic energy]] research is, i.e., "[[born classified]]", with the government exercising the legal control of dissemination of research results. This had quickly found to be impossible, and the efforts were switched to the control over export deployment (export, as prohibition on the deployment of cryptography within the US was not seriously considered).{{sfn|Diffie|Landau|2007|p=726}}

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