This really is _really_ bad. Finland, Canada, Ireland..all member countries of this arrangement, had previously liberalized their encryption export policies.
Not really too surprising. The U.S. gov't has been pushing for this for some time. This may make things a bit more difficult for some software developers for a while, but not for long. The major companies will, of course, immediately knuckle under (look for NA to adjust PGP to adhere). This will leave the road wide open for the adventurous among us, especially the open source folks (e.g., Mozilla tweekers).
Like a fistfull of sand, the harder they squeeze the more will run through their fingers.
--Steve
