Unless you're not talking about the US, encryption is absolutely protected multiple times over. 1A for helping to prevent government backlash on the press. 4A b

Unless you're not talking about the US, encryption is absolutely protected multiple times over. 1A for helping to prevent government backlash on the press. 4A because they require at least a warrant to attempt to "search" anything of yours. And to some extent I'd argue 2A because it is a tool of self defense.