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PGP - Legal?

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From: Jani Patokallio
Date: Sat, 26 Dec 1992 16:30
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OK folks, here's the PGP question of the day.

I am a Finnish citizen with diplomatic immunity residing in the United States.
I'm not sure about this, but I think PGP and RSA are legal in Finland.

I recently stumbled into a copy of PGP 2.1 on a local BBS.  Now,
hypothetically, if I obtained this program, would I be breaking the law?
My house is rented and thus not extraterritorial property.  How about
if I took it to a house owned by the Finnish government, and thus legally
considered not a part of the US?

Also, suppose I had gotten my PGP in Europe.  Could I legally bring it to
the U.S.?  How about the U.N. via the U.S.?  

Third, suppose I had a copy of PGP.  Could I take it to the
U.S.?  To other Finnish/non-American citizens here?  To the Finnish Embassy,
which is extraterritorial?

And a final question.  If any of the above were illegal, could PKP
sue me?  Could the U.S. government do more than declare me a
persona non grata and request the Finnish government to try me?

Thank you in advance.

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Jani Patokallio                  |  "Ignorance is the soil in which belief
acc1bbs!jani.patokallio@ssr.com  |   in miracles grows."  -R. G. Ingersoll

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From: jani.patokallio%acc1bbs@ssr.com (Jani Patokallio) 
Newsgroups: sci.crypt
Subject: PGP - Legal?
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Date: 26 Dec 92 16:30:00 GMT
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Organization: Advanced Computer Concepts BBS, New Rochelle, NY 914-654-1981
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