>Encryption is protected by the 1st Amendment. Maybe it is, but the actual point of the 1st Amendment seems to me that to be able to express idea, opinions, et

>Encryption is protected by the 1st Amendment. Maybe it is, but the actual point of the 1st Amendment seems to me that to be able to express idea, opinions, etc. publicly and without fear of retaliation by the government, which is a much higher grade of freedom IMHO than merely allowing pople to exchange those ideas and opinions in a form that noone else but the recipient can access. It would somehow feel more appropriate if encryption was protected by (an extension of) the Fourth and/or of the Fifth.