Those laws applied to the exportation of cryptosystem. There were no prohibitions on domestic use of high-quality crypto. That's the same coin which currently

Those laws applied to the exportation of cryptosystem. There were no prohibitions on domestic use of high-quality crypto. That's the same coin which currently says that you can have your own military flame thrower in the US but you can't export flame throwers to other countries without a license. So I don't think that coin is really relevant to the topic of being able to defend yourself or your privacy.