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Global Protest against Wassenaar Agreement



For those of you that care about cryptography (which is probably a
significant number..)  However, I don't know how you all feel about this
idea:

[http://news.freshmeat.net/1998/12/09/#913245540]
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This is a global call for computer professionals to strike on Monday, 14
December, 1998 to protest the signing of the "Wassenaar Arrangement," an
international treaty that imposes new restrictions on cryptographic
software technology. The strike is meant to raise awareness about the
importance of cryptography, about the U.S. government's wrongheaded
attempts to curtail its use, and about the strong-arm tactics used by
the United States to pressure other countries into limiting their
citizens' rights the way it has limited its own.

http://www.zanshin.com/~bobg/
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