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Pakistan is Trying to Ban Encryption - admin - 07-30-2011

Privacy International is reporting that Pakistan is trying to ban the use of encryption, including for VPNs, as part of the implementation of a new telco law which requires telcos to spy on their customers. Obviously, encryption makes that tougher, so the response is just to ban it entirely. Smile