--- title: Encryption, spyware, and now Mythos: History shows why... description: The U.S. government ordered Anthropic to restrict exports of its AI models Fable and Mythos, citing national security concerns after a South Korean telecom... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/encryption-spyware-and-now-mythos-history-shows-why-cyber-export-control-doesn-t-work-cgcowsit3 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Encryption, spyware, and now Mythos: History shows why cyber export control doesn’t work | daily.dev og:description: The U.S. government ordered Anthropic to restrict exports of its AI models Fable and Mythos, citing national security concerns after a South Korean telecom... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/encryption-spyware-and-now-mythos-history-shows-why-cyber-export-control-doesn-t-work-cgcowsit3 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/CGcOWSIt3.png og:image:alt: Encryption, spyware, and now Mythos: History shows why cyber export control doesn’t work og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Encryption, spyware, and now Mythos: History shows why cyber export control doesn’t work **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 6 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The U.S. government ordered Anthropic to restrict exports of its AI models Fable and Mythos, citing national security concerns after a South Korean telecom with alleged China ties gained access and Amazon researchers reportedly found a jailbreak. The piece uses this as a lens to examine the decades-long history of cyber export controls — from the Crypto Wars over PGP encryption in the 1990s to the Wassenaar Arrangement's failed attempt to curb spyware proliferation — arguing that such controls have consistently proven ineffective. Spyware makers like Intellexa and FinFisher either relocated to permissive jurisdictions or continued operating despite restrictions. The author concludes that government-mandated export controls are unlikely to stop malicious actors from abusing dual-use cyber technologies, and that the Mythos standoff will either end with the administration backing down or imposing a compliance burden that hurts U.S. AI competitiveness. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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