[TriLUG] can't attach passwd protected zip file to e-mail
Brian via TriLUG
trilug at trilug.org
Fri Jun 23 12:01:08 EDT 2017
On 06/23/2017 10:50 AM, Joseph Mack NA3T via TriLUG wrote:
> I look up Alpine to find that attaching encrypted files is illegal in
> some parts of the world, although it doesn't say where. Apparently
> Alpine is going to stop me from doing things that are illegal in these
> parts of the world. Thank you Alpine.
This in particular seems rather chilling. I wouldn't expect authors of
software to take the time to implement such a check/ban without cause;
from what are the authors of Alpine protecting themselves? It implies
there could be legal liability on the part of those involved* in sending
an e-mail that violates the law of a country in which neither sender nor
receiver is a citizen, if perhaps that message traverses a server in
said country along its (potentially unpredictable) path.
-B
* - The whole chain, from author of the e-mail, to authors of all the
software involved, to owners/maintainers of equipment along the way
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