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Re: Encryption sales ban costs U.S. $60 billion



At 09:40 PM 1/7/96 -0800, [email protected] (DRG) wrote:
>S.F. Examiner:
>
>ENCRYPTION SALES BAN COSTS U.S. $60 BILLION
>
>NEW YORK U.S. companies will lose as much as 30 percent of the $200 
>billion in U.S. computer system sales expected in 200 because of federal 
>export laws that limit the encryption of information, a recent study found.

OK, so crypto export laws will cost about as much as direct expenditures
on the War On Politically Incorrect Drugs, or medical costs of tobacco.
No problem....


        :-(


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