On the other hand, privacy advocates seem to be much more reserved about the policy. American politics being what it is, we cannot know with a great deal of certainty what the final policy will look like yet. The policy at this point is more like a trial balloon, and the intervening time allows for a lot of changes to be made. The assumption many of us have held is that real change in American encryption export policy means that the government needs to lose in order for the high-tech industry to win. The bits and pieces that we have heard and the reactions from various stakeholders indicate that big U.S. companies seem to feel they are gaining something.
Law enforcement feels it is losing nothing.
Our hope is that the new policy is fair to the little guy, keeps the integrity of U.S. companies intact and recognizes the growing capabilities of encryption products developed outside of America. See the latest dispatches from the security here . Inc. All rights reserved.