1.   As a result, many software companies that sell their products worldwide do not build in sophisticated encryption features.

2.   Carl Howe, an analyst with Forrester Research in Cambridge, said Internet users in other nations will switch to non-US browsers with better encryption features.

3.   Currently, the only limitations on data-scrambling technology are regulations governing the export of hardware and software containing encryption features.

4.   The Commerce Department will allow Open Market to export its OM-Transact Internet server software with an encryption feature that is far more powerful than previously allowed.

5.   The neighbor had not turned on the encryption feature that comes with all WiFi products but is usually left off by default.