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Yes, but "We put extra in effort into breaking the law." is among the worst possible things you can say to a court. That one is unable to fulfill their obligations because it's impossible by their own choice of technology is not an excuse. A user of such technology is still affected by laws if they ever get hands on them. This removes the incentive to use the technology apart from those that specifically (or by negligence) are out to break that law. I wouldn't want to attach my name to anything that I know will have major consequences for me personally.


> I wouldn't want to attach my name to anything that I know will have major consequences for me personally.

It's a good thing for all of us that Phil Zimmermann didn't feel that way.


Phil Zimmermann didn't actually do anything illegal, if we believe that the export of PGP was done by other people.


He knew he'd be targeted (and he was), legal or not. It's probably why whoever wrote Bitcoin used a nom de chiffere.

http://www.cypherspace.org/adam/timeline/




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