This is an astute point. Encryption is a modern, defensive technology against an overreaching State intent on total control over its populace. In the 21st Centu

This is an astute point. Encryption is a modern, defensive technology against an overreaching State intent on total control over its populace. In the 21st Century, guns are a relatively weak counterbalance to State power. Even in Saddam's Iraq, people had guns.