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 may have [[Backdoor_(computing)|backdoors]] or security holes (i.e.g. the [[FREAK|Freak vulnerability]]), intentional or not, which allow 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.