I have implemented RSA encryption and key generation in DrScheme while sitting in my computer science class in high school. (Well, probably I did some of the work at home.) Please don't tell me that's supposed to be illegal.
On the other hand, if the article is to be interpreted strictly, as only making it illegal for online service providers (is that supposed to mean ISPs, or anyone who provides a service online?) to offer encrypted communication, then it will make it more inconvenient but by no means impossible to encrypt everything that you do. In other words, it'll be totally ineffective against serious criminals; but I thought stopping them was supposed to be the justification for a law like this.
On the other hand, if the article is to be interpreted strictly, as only making it illegal for online service providers (is that supposed to mean ISPs, or anyone who provides a service online?) to offer encrypted communication, then it will make it more inconvenient but by no means impossible to encrypt everything that you do. In other words, it'll be totally ineffective against serious criminals; but I thought stopping them was supposed to be the justification for a law like this.
I am mad.