For questions about legal regulation of military and war materials.
"Munitions" are "war materials," actually derived from the Latin for "fortifications."
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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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Does Wassenaar Arrangement on the transfers of arms and dual-use goods and technologies apply to security training?
Does the Wassenaar Arrangement on the transfers of conventional arms and dual-use goods and technologies apply to IT security training?
Does it apply to IT security training on exploitation techniques?
Is it applicable to institutions or…
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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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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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