re is it illegal to transmit encrypted data wcs anchor ho att com bill stewart writes the fact that the nsa is listening may affect your willingness to use wimpy crypto technologies but it may also affect your willingness to use technologies that violate rsa s patents e g if you use pgp the nsa may tell rsa that you re doing so and if the secret service catches on i m afraid i have to disagree with you on that point nsa will not tell rsa or any other non dod entity anything that its eavesdropping reveals that includes the fbi and secrect service although there have been rare exceptions
