It's fine so long as filling in the paperwork doesn't somehow shift the project under US legal jurisdiction. On Thursday, July 3, 2014, Niklas Lemcke - 林樂寬 <compul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, 02 Jul 2014 16:59:38 -0400 > Bill Cox <waywardgeek@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <javascript:;>> wrote: > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On 7/2/2014 4:43 PM, Pid Zero wrote: > > > CipherShed isn't a US based project? Why are we even entertaining > > > this lunacy? > > > > This is just a bit of CYA on my part. CipherShed is not technically > > US based, but this covers me and the others in the US in case someone > > in the US government feels differently. In the US, lawyers could > > argue that we automatically *are* US based simply because there are so > > many of us in the US who are participating. > > it's around half, with the other half from the EU (I believe, although > they may not all live there anymore). I wouldn't call that US-based. > But whatever floats your boat ;) > > > > > Besides, it's just a simple email based reporting requirement. They > > don't even typically reply. It's not like I have to send them private > > keys or anything. I'm sure they already know about CipherShed anyway. > > Hopefully the NSA and and GCHQ will have professional cryptanalysts > > join the community and help us root out any Chinese or Russion > > back-doors. Then the trick will be to get the Chinese and Russians to > > help us root out the NSA and GCHQ back doors :-) > > > > Bill > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (MingW32) > > Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ > > > > iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJTtHK6AAoJEL9an3rWhBk+OfAP/j8ULKvVSuzg9Q0c4ZNmBFIo > > mLaj7Q4DkY4zUc/fSvb6YszrZJE3t5nsvIfR5geRD+atauf0sgzsCzz/4r7g8CJR > > 9NTL8VxoA+PfWed5NAjdTGrJmZqjGHLBqep/QwJRAN7H4djud/r7ht4pp3kpdG0b > > NecIWfVZ75q5ZGlQoslPR+t8mnjfs+C4aGKfFJBzaHNFm2cWXPN3feLcWO7rjw/X > > gB0n49XakcD/4c41yPNzl+bzgjmkwxIlgxmRk64AczR0OSLejQCSoLKgtNcJCmwz > > sppuGD6eQ3Oo67qT7uOuRMDP3/T3ipTiTUJk9JYR3Iq5G0ncB6JNSIVtL/w+m1+a > > U9fGPDDF44AOF9IL3Iw3Df1ucnJJG5ww+H2t3iFhsh1T1zEHnCmpH5HJO9bhN5Nf > > BfnEKcgSGkRrGy1HqwXRMhHdHNAZQ4CHBXc/Vn9qZ/POxpct4FQFgsnVUPznXY1s > > VU3DH8LlD9n1zk/5tVnLFBCJldVPcbWBZ7kapKvn/vO5oExLker0fSYv8UmhJOhQ > > 6VYtQ5G1GpZeSOUTnrJtE4W9/Sn+sTDXxfJgk78NUjfKMZfGmQFrdQo2ibAPYqdi > > 915RT8AUEy7prWHB2LZycdnExywSTpb0rKOi71c/84tBR4IyD9g1kjb9xkXNKgBb > > fdL5jjjQ3Q/PWubZigkN > > =4dhC > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > > > -- > Niklas - 林樂寬 > -- -- At the time of writing, no warrants have ever been served to me, nor am I under any personal legal compulsion concerning the CipherShed project. I do not know of any searches or seizures of my assets.