Questions tagged [cryptography]
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Would open source programs that use encryption be illegal under this draft of the "Compliance with Court Orders Act of 2016"
The U.S. congress has a draft for a bill that would require companies to fetch information from a device when requested by a court. A consequence of this is that many types of security technology become illegal for any company subject to U.S.…
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Is the right to keep and bear crypto protected by the Second Amendment?
Stumbled across an interesting comment in regards to the recent events about TorProject and a public library in Lebanon, New Hampshire, U. S. of A.:
http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r30291606-So-let-me-get-this-right
The Committee for State Security…
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Is it legal to export open-source cryptographic software from Canada
I'm an independent software developer who has developed a program that links to the OpenSSL libraries for the purpose of allowing users to decrypt, filter and re-encrypt secure content. For example, one of the filtering engines in this software…
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Can a person hack bitcoin private keys and legally claim the bitcoins for himself?
First, some background knowledge — bitcoins are a form of cryptocurrency that can be stored in "addresses". Each bitcoin address is linked to a specific private key. To access bitcoins in a specific address, a person needs a private key in order to…
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What is the law regarding declaration of cryptology services and tools?
The French Prosecutor has released details of the investigation resulting in Pavel Durov's arrest, which ends with these three points:
Providing cryptology services aiming to ensure confidentiality without certified declaration,
Providing a…
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What exactly makes encryption a weapon?
As a followup from Is the right to keep and bear crypto protected by the Second Amendment?, for export control purposes, United States has been classifying crypto as munition. In the old days, maybe late 1990s and very early 2000s, it was not…
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GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) - crypto-shredding or regular delete?
The introduction of the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) in May 2018 for all businesses targeting EU citizens raises questions regarding the Art. 17 right to erasure, also known as the right to be forgotten.
The data subject shall have…
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Would an encryption ban also ban transmitting random noise?
Say for the sake of argument that the US government decided to ban all encryption in communications. Since modern encryption makes a message practically indistinguishable from random noise, would sending random noise also be banned? If not, and…
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Is it legal to make encryption breaking technology public?
Much of our critical infrastructure relies on encryption as the bedrock of its security. Encryption, however, is a practically a "very hard" mathematical problem that will take eternity to solve with current technology.
Let us say someone using the…
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(Cryptography) - Sending Encrypted Messages Online
Is it legal to send encrypted messages (specifically using RSA key-pairs and AES 256) online in Canada and the USA?
Also, can law enforcement request it to be decrypted without probable cause?
PS. The messages being sent are generally not…
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Exploiting a bug in bitcoin is unethical, but is it illegal?
Suppose I found a bug in bitcoin or any other cryptocurrency that allows me to create as many coins as I want. What would be the legal implications in jurisdictions like:
USA
Europe (UK, Germany, France)
Asia (China, India, Russia)
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What if a DAO (decentralized autonomous organization) breaks the law?
A DAO is a decentralized organization, typically powered by cryptography. It works much like a business, but without borders. Although a DAO typically receives instructions from its stockholders, it is ultimately controlled by its code.
One…
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Can a one-time-pad provide legal immunity - (make data inadmissible) -?
IMPORTANT NOTE:
This question is quite niche, I am not sure if this stack is the most relevant place, please inform me if there is a better place for it.
To explain the question:
I am asking if, a one-time-pad encryption system (brief explanation…
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Is crypto legal in a weapon-free zone?
To expand on Is the right to keep and bear crypto protected by the Second Amendment?, since in the U. S. of A. crypto is considered munition (Bernstein v. United States http://export.cr.yp.to/), is it legal to use crypto in an area marked by a…
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Do Bitcoin nodes need consent to store EU citizen's personal data?
The Bitcoin blockchain stores data about bitcoin users. This includes:
There bitcoin address, which is linkable to their identity via blockchain analysis
Transactions they have made
This would seem to constitute personal data. Would a bitcoin node…
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