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Next, they'll refer to these as "military grade software techniques" or "military grade tools".


Good thing we have the second amendment /snark

Seriously though it is a problem that people are increasingly advocating for limiting or eliminating tools which make an individual powerful (or are ambivalent to change that give away that power)


End to end encryption was once classified as a munition.

If the data is not end to end encrypted, then it is public.

Everyone should understand this.


Encryption is still treated as munitions under ITAR.




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