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the canadian OS :)
by systems 4mo ago
the canadian OS :)
- Guestmodinfo 4mo agoYes free from American restrictions. Because America law prohibits from giving out cryptography to outside countries so according to OpenBSD we outsiders have no luck in getting a cryptographically secure operating system except for OpenBSD
- mghackerlady 4mo agoThat isn't a thing anymore iirc
- thfuran 4mo agoI think that pretty much ended in the 90s.
- mghackerlady 4mo agoearly 2000s so close enough. I know this because for a while, WEP was intentionally crippled in the US for a while because of the archaic encryption laws Sidenote, does anyone remember a "click here to become an international arms dealer" esque site as a protest of our encryption laws or did I make that up. I swear I heard that somewhere
- boomboomsubban 4mo agoIf I remember, it's still illegal to export to "rogue states," Iran and North Korea being the major two, and terrorist organizations. But I don't think anybody has been charged for it and there's reason to suspect it wouldn't hold up given the pgp ruling.
- mghackerlady 4mo agoWe can't really export anything to those "rogue states" anyway. Also, as backwards as NK can act in some contexts, I dislike the classification of them as a rogue state. The kims are pretty good at geopolitics and wouldn't do anything stupid or dangerous without a good enough reason to make its actions no longer "rogue". If anything, the US is closer to a rogue state currently with its rubber stamp congress and willingness to do whatever the orangutan in charge says
- boomboomsubban 4mo ago>We can't really export anything to those "rogue states" anyway Sure, but there are additional laws regarding cryptography, even in publicly available software. "Rogue states" is a legal designation, we can both dislike it as much as we want but I doubt the US will change it's view
- ttul 4mo agoDeveloped at 4500ft elevation in the Texas of Canada, primarily.
- spauldo 4mo agoWell it 40 below and I don't give a...