In the 1990s, web browser SSL encryption was export restricted, classified as a munition because it involved cryptography. That was under Clinton. For all the

In the 1990s, web browser SSL encryption was export restricted, classified as a munition because it involved cryptography. That was under Clinton. For all the current admin's insane, ridiculous, corrupt, and criminal flaws, it's not clear to me how much of this particular issue is just the US government doing what it's always done, knee-jerk react to tech it doesn't understand by passing stupid laws.