Restrictions on the import of cryptography: Difference between revisions

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==Rationale==

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

* Imported cryptography have [[Backdoor_(computing)|backdoors]] or security holes (i.e. the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freak Freak vulnerability] or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heartbleed Heartbleed]), intentional or not, which allow foreignersthe creators of the technology, for example the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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.