“Critics Tuesday attacked a new Clinton administration proposal
that was supposed to relax controls on the export of encryption
technologies crucial to online business and individual
privacy.”
“… Two months ago we were talking about a clean lifting of
export restrictions. Today we’re looking at a complex morass of
regulations.”
“American businesses would soon be allowed to export most
encryption technologies to all but a handful of countries starting
sometime next year. With that permission in hand, US companies
would be free to compete with foreign companies that are
increasingly taking over computer security markets abroad.
“Nonetheless, the Administration has continued to insist on
banning export of the most powerful encryption technologies…”
“The new proposal, critics say, leaves confusion in its
wake…”