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Nature 412, 366 (26 July 2001) | doi:10.1038/35086729

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Author of anti-encryption program faces jail

Rex Dalton

A Russian graduate student in computer science faces criminal charges for encryption violations this week in the United States, after his arrest at a computer conference.The arrest on 16 July in Las Vegas, Nevada, of Dmitry Sklyarov, a doctoral student at the Moscow State Technical University, is the latest clash between authorities and computer scientists concerning US laws involving encryption technology and media interests.