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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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-...
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