Richard White doesn't look like a munition, just a tall, lanky Angeleno. Yet his latest tattoo an RSA file security encryption program emblazoned on his arm classifies him as contraband according to the US government. Displaying the sig means White can't legally leave the country, since exporting strong encryption is a felony.
"I feel strongly about privacy issues, and I'm appalled at the lack of publicity they're getting. I'm doing my part to generate interest," he says of his tattoo.
White has yet to test the law by boarding an international flight but reports that "no government agency has tried to confiscate my arm."
ELECTRIC WORD
Strong Arm
