On 19 October 2016 at 12:10, Paul Gilmartin
<[email protected]> wrote:

> Ouch!  But there's a widespread belief that availability of encryption is a 
> security threat.
>
> I used to read that France much restricted use of encryption.  Nowadays
> that would seem to prohibit iPhones and much limit E-commerce.

OT, but the "You are now in France" attack, followed by the "You are
still in France" attack, was a hot topic in 1998-1999.

http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/19/74#subj8  You are now in France
http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/20/17#subj1  France allows strong crypto
http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/20/20#subj8  You are still in France

Tony H.

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