re screw the people crypto is for hard core hackers spooks only jfc athena mit edu john f carr writes pmetzger snark shearson com perry e metzger writes well i m not a lawyer but from what i can tell this is completely and utterly untrue the u s does not have an official secrets act we do have laws that will punish you for revealing what classified information you learned in your capacity as a government official contractor etc and we have laws that prohibit stealing such information however if they sell you the chip i can t see that they can make reverse engineering it and revealing the details illegal in most cases information you come by properly is yours to use as you wish but there are certainly exceptions if you write a paper which includes sufficiently detailed information on how to build a nuclear weapon it is classified as i understand the law nuclear weapons design is automatically classified even if you do the work yourself i believe you are then not allowed to read your own paper oh what about the precedent in which nuclear weapons information was published in the progressive i was under the impression that the court held that prior restraint could not be used any lawyers out there perry metzger pmetzger shearson com laissez faire laissez passer le monde va de lui meme
