A new report surveys 546 encryption products in 54 countries outside the United States, out of 865 hardware and software products total. The report shows that encryption technology is very international in nature and that it is impossible for local regulations to have any effect on it. Schneier: U.S.-based encryption vendors might have more market share, but there is nothing to indicate that American encryption is superior to that found elsewhere. Both domestic and foreign encryption products regularly use strong published encryption algorithms such as AES.”]